Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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ONCE BROKEN FAITH open thread!

To celebrate the release of Once Broken Faith, 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, once broken faith, toby daye
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groblek

September 8 2016, 05:22:05 UTC 10 months ago

So much to love in this one, and in the accompanying novella. I think the Luidaeg remains my favorite character - I enjoy the way she goes from gruff auntie-type figure to ancient Power at a moment's notice. And her calling Arden out for getting too familiar was perfect.

The slumber party was wonderful. And Dianda remains another favorite character, I really loved the bit with "if we don't get to use the cure and she sleeps a hundred years, then you'd better hope she knows the maning of mercy." "She doesn't." Also the idea that she's what passes for a pacifist among her people is utterly terrifying. Do not annoy the Undersea.

And I found myself particularly glad that Arden is a likeable character, for reasons that are probably unique to me. While my usual reaction to the descriptions of the smell of a character's magic ranges from "I can't visualize that" to "ew", I had a visceral reaction to the first mention of Arden's magic. I'm a fog chld of the redwood coast, and to me "blackberry flowers and redwood sap" is the smell of *home*. For similar reasons, if it weren't for the whole "mortals tend to fare badly when dealing with Faerie" thing, I'd really want a chance to wander through her knowe.

jenfullmoon

September 9 2016, 14:09:40 UTC 10 months ago

Adjusting to being a queen and a big shot around everyone--and then oh, wait someone's more of a big shot than me--must be weird for Arden in both directions.

I hope Arden and the Luidaeg literally don't not see each other for a hundred years (hoping that was just in reference to Arden looking for help). That seems impractical in these books.

I seriously wish I could befriend Arden, it sounds like she needs a book nerd friend among this bunch that will treat her "normal" so bad.

I liked how Toby was calling out the blackberry theme on EVERYTHING.