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.
Tags: a red-rose chain, discussion post, toby daye
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poincaraux

September 4 2015, 17:18:39 UTC 1 year ago

What a great book! Thanks!

"as for my name, you can’t have it, because I don’t own it anymore. I sold it years ago, in exchange for everything I’d ever wanted,"
[McGuire, Seanan (2015-09-01). A Red-Rose Chain: An October Daye Novel (October Daye Series Book 9) (p. 343). DAW. Kindle Edition. ... pretty neat that Kindle puts in the page number when you copy and paste]

... that sounds like something we'll learn more about later. Did someone buy her name because they didn't want her to have it, or did someone buy it because they wanted it for themselves? I have no idea how one could buy a name, but I'm betting on the second choice. Given her heritage, I won't be surprised if we find out sooner rather than later, assuming the next book will shift the focus towards the sea.

On an unrelated note, I was a bit surprised that October wasn't more worried about running around in transformed clothes, after she got tracked by the shoelaces in Chimes at Midnight.

bree_ramsey314

September 4 2015, 22:12:27 UTC 1 year ago

I think it's a no-brainer that we haven't seen the last of the False Queen yet. Her name is important, so much so, I think, that if Toby knew it, too many puzzle pieces would fall into place.

Here's something to ponder: the High King confirmed her as queen, so one would think he knew her name, right? I mean, I would think he would want something more than, "I'm Gilad's daughter" before giving her the crown. But then, Eira supported her claim, and he is Daoine Sidhe...

poincaraux

September 4 2015, 23:14:51 UTC 1 year ago

I'm sure you're important about the name; I'm just glad caught on before its revelation became a major plot point!

I was very much leaning towards "he is Daoine Sidhe" but I'm kinds of a dabbler compared to most people here, so I could be quite wrong.

Amelia Edwards

September 10 2015, 17:44:02 UTC 1 year ago

Buying and selling names? Sounds like Yubaba.

On the clothes, I'm just waiting until someone tries that trick when Toby's wearing her jacket. She's successfully caught and bounced back spells before. I imagine the results of a bounced clothing spell could be quite humorous.