Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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THE WINTER LONG open thread!

To celebrate the release of The Winter Long, here. Have an open thread to discuss the book. Judging by the comments I'm seeing, some of you have had time, and I'd really, really rather book discussion (sometimes including spoilers) didn't crop up on other posts.

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

Seriously. If anyone comments here at all, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. So please don't read and then yell at me because you encountered spoilers. You were warned. (I will not reply to every comment; I call partial comment amnesty. But I may well join some of the discussion, or answer questions or whatnot.) I will be DELETING all comments containing spoilers which have been left on other posts. No one gets to spoil people here without a label.

You can also start a discussion at my website forums, with less need to be concerned that I will see everything you say! In case you wanted, you know, discussion free of authorial influence, since I always wind up getting involved in these things.

Have fun, and try not to bleed on the carpet.
Tags: discussion post, the winter long, toby daye
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kveberle

September 4 2014, 20:30:38 UTC 2 years ago

This is my favorite of the series (and, yes, I say that every time one is released). I can't get over all of the revelations. I had been feeling like there was something off about Evening throughout the series, but I did not expect her to be alive! I expected that we would end up meeting Eira, but not that we would have already met her.

I loved how Toby saved the Luidaeg and the closeness between the two. I do think that the Luidaeg had a purpose behind her thanks. I think that she knows that Toby will need to rely on her (and I assume that this might help with her restrictions).

I am fascinated by the change in smell of Simon's magic. I initially thought that the change was from becoming evil, but then why would Riordan and Evening's magics not be tainted in the same way? My current theory is that it has something to do with the geas.

I am confused as to what Simon tried to do to Toby that made her bleed for so long...must re-read!

I wasn't surprised about the marriage or that Toby had (has?) a sister. To be honest, I thought that there would have been more siblings (I assumed that someone would have killed them off over their power).

I don't know how I am going to wait a whole year for the next book!

jenfullmoon

September 6 2014, 15:56:39 UTC 2 years ago

Thought the same thing: there were multiple dead kids and that was why Amandine wanted to have a "human" kid that wouldn't attract the interest of Eira/whoever killed the rest of the Dochase Sidhe.

jenfullmoon

September 6 2014, 15:56:59 UTC 2 years ago

Gah, typo. Dochas.