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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Re: Point 2

gwaihiril

September 8 2015, 05:09:14 UTC 1 year ago

That stood out to me too. The previous times she's shifted someone's blood has been forced or to avert disaster—Raysel, the nameless queen, Chelsea, Gillian. This book, she offers to do it twice, first to Jolgeir and then to the Queen of Silences. And the second time is really, "Please let me do this, I really want to." The flip side, though, is the enemies that want to make use of her blood for nefarious purposes. I'm curious to see if more villains go after that.

RE: Re: Point 2

bree_ramsey314

September 8 2015, 05:56:56 UTC 1 year ago

Toby has had more time to process her abilities now. From her perspective, as a changeling, what she can do is a game-changer. "I can offer them a Choice, a real choice, one where they get to belong completely to whichever world they choose." What the dochas sidhe can do means changelings who choose human, and their mortal parent, no longer have to die to protect Faerie.