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I actually feel bad about writing a less-than-stellar review since I'm still a big fan of the series overall, but this installment just didn't work for me. The author states in the forward that the events of this book (or at least some of them) are things that she's had in mind since early on, but it really just felt random to me. The book started out great and I waited with nearly breathless anticipation for the "big bad" to be revealed. When it was, my first response was "Huh? Really?" But since it's McGuire, I figured that I would read on and surely it would all make sense in the end.

The problem was that it never really did. Oh sure, they explain how the Big Bad came to be, but there was so much about this being's actions (past and present) that was just not explained well or at all. There were some big questions that were not only never answered by the author, but were never really even asked by the characters. There were certain things that were wrapped up a little to abstractly for me, while other important things were just kicked down the road . . . again.

Still, there were a few things that kept this book out of two-star territory. October was written as well as ever, with a unique personality and voice that I still enjoy reading. The author managed to avoid a problem facing many long-running series by not getting bogged down with trying to dedicate page-time to every secondary character that our protagonist has ever crossed paths with. We got to actually concentrate on October, which was refreshing. Okay, I would've liked to have seen more of May in this book as she's my favorite secondary by far, but you can't always have it all. The stage has been set for interesting things ahead, but it's a shame that the present wasn't a little more fulfilling.


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The Winter Long Seanan McGuire 9780756408084 Books Reviews

*****SPOILERS READ AT YOUR OWN PERIL*****

I liked this book, truly I did. But... really? There is way to much to be said about The Winter Long. So from reading the back of the book you get the sense that Simon is the big bad here. Surprise!!!! He is not. Evening is. But wait, wasn't she dead? NOPE! She has actually the big bad that has been pulling all the strings in the shadows. My friend said she is the shadow queen... Simon was apparently married to Toby's mother, which made her father her mother's mistress??? and Sylvester has always known this, but instead of telling Toby has been keeping all of this a secret the whole time because he promised her crazy absent mother that he would not tell her. Simon was actually working for Evening, but he never wanted to kill Toby as it would anger his wife, which is why he turned her info a fish for fourteen years? Also, Toby has a sister, August. Lots of month names in this series. April, September, August, May, January, and of course October. I want to say there was a June as well... So at the end of all this mess, Evening lies elfshot in a location that no one should be able to reach, and Simon is elfshot as well.

Character development Evening's character makes me a little mad. I felt like she panicked a bit too much.
⭐️ World building
⭐️⭐️ Ease of read
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Plot twist
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lasting impression
Originally posted at Vampire Book Club

You know when Seanan McGuire states in the acknowledgements, “Everything I have done with October’s world to this point has been for the sake of getting here, to the book that you now hold in your hands,” she means business. I had no idea going in The Winter Long was such an important book, but once I read that I knew things were going to get serious.

In Chimes at Midnight Toby finally had her showdown with the pretender Queen of the Mists and won. The Winter Long starts roughly four months after Chimes at Midnight during Yule. Arden Windermere is settling into the rightful role of Queen of the Mists and decides to throw a party. To close out the evening Toby is officially declared “a hero of the realm”(that is your tipping off point that calmness is soon to be short lived for our hero).

I was wondering where McGuire was taking us this time in Toby’s adventures. I kept waiting for it to jump out at me, and jump out it did in the form of Simon Torquill. Yes, that Simon. The Simon that turned Toby into a fish for 14 years. He shows up on her doorstep like his presence there is nothing out of the ordinary, yet he doesn’t come at her as an enemy per se. He claims his actions were to protect Toby. Shocked, Toby is hit with revelations about the past that will change how she looks at the future.

Since the very first book, we’ve known Toby to be a very capable character. Despite what others think of her actions at times, she somehow seems to make it through to the end time and time again. Better than any of its predecessors The Winter Long showcases how truly powerful Toby has become and will continue to become. Toby is still learning what it means to be a Dóchas Sidhe.

Reading an October Daye book, you know Toby is no stranger to the use of blood magic. I’d have to say The Winter Long is bloodier than even the most bloody horror novel (if you doubt me, just go back and take a look at the cover, I’ll wait). Yep that’s all blood. I found it really interesting to see Toby taking the reins so-to-speak on her power. A power that she was misinformed about until very recently. She seems more at home in her ‘new’ skin.

Being so jammed packed full of revelations, The Winter Long really had to choose what was important and everything else kind of took a backseat. There was very little May and Jazz, among others, but I didn’t really feel their absence as I was so focused on how Toby would get out of another life-and-death situation. One area that I want so badly to be addressed is Toby and her mother. We get little things in each book that already builds upon what we know, but with Toby’s mother essentially MIA the confrontation between mother and daughter has yet to happen, but it’s something I personally can’t wait to read.

The Winter Long truly lives up to McGuire’s statement on the acknowledgements page. It is the culmination of everything that has happened in the series up to this point. McGuire always drops little mysteries throughout to be addressed at a later time. Where she goes from here is anyone’s guess.
I actually feel bad about writing a less-than-stellar review since I'm still a big fan of the series overall, but this installment just didn't work for me. The author states in the forward that the events of this book (or at least some of them) are things that she's had in mind since early on, but it really just felt random to me. The book started out great and I waited with nearly breathless anticipation for the "big bad" to be revealed. When it was, my first response was "Huh? Really?" But since it's McGuire, I figured that I would read on and surely it would all make sense in the end.

The problem was that it never really did. Oh sure, they explain how the Big Bad came to be, but there was so much about this being's actions (past and present) that was just not explained well or at all. There were some big questions that were not only never answered by the author, but were never really even asked by the characters. There were certain things that were wrapped up a little to abstractly for me, while other important things were just kicked down the road . . . again.

Still, there were a few things that kept this book out of two-star territory. October was written as well as ever, with a unique personality and voice that I still enjoy reading. The author managed to avoid a problem facing many long-running series by not getting bogged down with trying to dedicate page-time to every secondary character that our protagonist has ever crossed paths with. We got to actually concentrate on October, which was refreshing. Okay, I would've liked to have seen more of May in this book as she's my favorite secondary by far, but you can't always have it all. The stage has been set for interesting things ahead, but it's a shame that the present wasn't a little more fulfilling.