Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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A RED-ROSE CHAIN open thread!

To celebrate the release of A Red-Rose Chain, 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.
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professor

September 4 2015, 04:34:52 UTC 1 year ago

Wow, what a book! I don't know where to start, but I loved seeing more of the world that Seanan has built so lovingly over the course of nine books. Walther was amazing! Honestly everyone was amazing! I loved meeting another Blodynbryd. I love that we now have a cure for elf-shot, and I can't wait to see what the implications are of this further down the line.

Although it sounds like Seanan's going to have to introduce some new villains, since most of the ones she introduced first have been taken care of in some way. Eira will be back I'm sure, but most of her minions have been dealt with. Eira might wake them up, but she seems like the type to easily discard tools that have failed her.

Questions I'm hoping will be answered in the next books, aside from the big ones (August, the Selkies): Will we get confirmation of who killed Gilad and his lover? Toby seemed to think it was Oleander, but Oleander was known for poison, not throat-slitting. I supposed it could have been the false Queen or Rhys, but it would be nice to know for sure.

What's up with Marcia? She was acting extremely squirrelly in Chimes at Midnight, and then in The Winter Long, Eira's spell on the inhabitants of Goldengreen didn't knock her over like everyone else, even though Marcia is (supposedly) a quarterblood changeling.

morvoren

September 4 2015, 15:44:20 UTC 1 year ago

I was wondering that too! There's part of my brain that thinks that it's something to do with Amandine, but that seems too...tidy? I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

marabett

September 5 2015, 05:36:59 UTC 1 year ago

My speculation is that Marcia is really Amandine, but who knows?

morvoren

September 5 2015, 20:05:50 UTC 1 year ago

I thought that at first, but I'm not so sure. Then again, I can't recall what Toby's said about Marcia's heritage (or if she's said anything? Augh, I literally just finished a re-read of the series the day before ARRC came out, how do I not remember this?). One more mystery to add to the list.

professor

September 6 2015, 01:51:19 UTC 1 year ago

I don't actually think Toby has ever said what kind of changeling Marcia is, just that Marcia is a quarterblood who needs fae ointment to see Faerie. I was looking for that info too on my last re-read, and didn't spot it.