Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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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.
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I HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR?!

beccacivi

September 9 2016, 14:24:11 UTC 10 months ago

Truly, this book was amazing!

I was thoroughly engrossed for the entire novel and would have finished sooner if I didn't have to eat, sleep, and most frustratingly of all work. >:(

Any who, Raj's crush on Chelsea is adorable! But I wonder what happened to Helen.

I love the family that Toby has made for herself. Each character is unique and important in their own right. I love that this book gave us a peek at characters that we haven't seen in a while. I was surprised about Jessica not being capable of being in the same room as Toby. not only was that news to us, but incredibly sad, and might explain why we haven't heard from the Browns in a while.

Tybalt calling the house "Home" nearly killed me. (Though him nearly being killed almost made me throw my book at the wall.)

I know it wasn't mean to be funny, but when Toby thought "This is gonna suck" just before hitting the ground I did laugh a bit.

I wonder when the Selkies' time will officially be up, and whether that is when the Luidaeg is going to call in Toby's debt that she acquired in this book (for the flame to save Tybalt).

And she racking them up as she goes isn't she? She now owes the Luidaeg and the Night Haunts, and probably someone else that I'm forgetting.

And WTF did Eira mean when she said that Toby had set things in motion? Was it filling a Firstborn? Was it finding out that her Mother was Firstborn? Bringing the Sea Witch out of hiding? That whole goal post to goalpost thing had my internal wheels spinning.

Is it just me or is the timing of the Arden novella off? If we open on June 5, Toby had to wait a week before conclave began, and then the conclave lasted at least two days if not three so how is it the 10th when Arden is debating weather she should give Nolan the cure? Also, if she was 12 during the earthquake on 1906 and 14 and Nolan was shot in 1934/6, Arden would be in her early 40s when he was shot, not before she turned 30 as she said in the novella. But I still love new perspectives!

This is a fantastic series that I read at least twice a year and can't get enough of.

What a great installment! I can't wait for the The Brightest Fell. (Though what a friggen ominous title!...no good comes of such a title!)

RE: I HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR?!

evieeros

September 12 2016, 19:35:41 UTC 10 months ago

RE: Toby's "This is gonna suck." I've actually had that thought while flying through the air! I used to jump horses regularly and was going over a fence I screwed up and long story short went flying off over his left shoulder. I swear time slowed down. I had time to go, "Shouldn't have done THAT. My coach is going to yell at me! Hm, I'm going to hit the ground, time to tuck and roll! Crap I never fall to the LEFT, I don't know how to roll this way! Welp, I'm going to hit point of my shoulder first. THIS IS GONNA SUCK!"

*splat*

Sure enough, point of shoulder impacted first and my collarbone snapped audibly. Oops.