A Local Habitation (October Daye Series #2)
Now comes the second in the series-from a dynamic new fantasy talent! Toby Daye-a half-human, half-fae changeling-has been an outsider from birth. After getting burned by both sides of her heritage, Toby has denied the fae world, retreating to a "normal" life. Unfortunately for her, the Faerie...
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Now comes the second in the series-from a dynamic new fantasy talent! Toby Daye-a half-human, half-fae changeling-has been an outsider from birth. After getting burned by both sides of her heritage, Toby has denied the fae world, retreating to a "normal" life. Unfortunately for her, the Faerie world had other ideas...Now her liege, the Duke of the Shadowed Hills, has asked Toby to go to the County of Tamed Lightning to make sure all is well with his niece, Countess January O'Leary. It seems like a simple enough assignment-until Toby discovers that someone has begun murdering people close to January, and that if the killer isn't stopped, January may be the next victim.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101171738 (1101171731)
ASIN: 9781101171738
Publish date: 02-03-2010
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
An excellent book that I just did not much enjoy because read like a traditional locked-room mystery. I'm not a fan of mystery genre. Toby is still a fun character, this had an interesting Artificial Intelligence twist, and the glimpses of worldbuilding still promising. I may or may not pursue ...
More straightforward, more self-contained, simpler than the first book; in some ways, I think I preferred this to Rosemary and Rue and in others, it felt a bit unsatisfying. Still, I wasn't entirely sure after the first book whether this would be a series for me or not. After A Local Habitation, I'm...