Mother From Hell and the Start of a Redemption

As always, an outstanding book from one of my favorite authors. This one is heavy with character development for Amandine and Simon.

The more I learn about Amandine, the more violence I want to do to her. It was bad enough in the earlier books when she was presented as a neglectful mother, who blamed October for the loss of her human husband and didn't bat an eye when October ran away to live on the streets with other Changelings. But in this book Amandine is even more emotionally abusive, cruel and capricious.

Simon on the other hand, who was originally presented as a basic ''bad guy'' who we didn't have a lot of info on, is really fleshed out in this book. We learned a few books ago that he was trying to ''save'' October by turning her into a fish but I really got to like Simon in this book and felt sorry for him at times. The Road to Hell and all that.

The ending made me tear up and I hope Simon is able to complete his redemption by the end of this series.

We also get to see Pixies, and that a good turn is never forgotten.

I still love Mary Robinette Kowal as a narrator, her accents are the reason why I listen instead of read this series!

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Poorest book yet in this series

Rehash of past adventures to ultimately add one new character, change an old character back into a villain and mostly to allow an author to present a rather uninteresting story. Skip this book while hoping for a better story next time.

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OMG

Well I enjoy the story. Nice twists and turns. But can we stop with the useless monologue bringing up past books. For the love of God listening for 3 minutes while she talks about the previous walk on the road to Babylon is old. Also she has the ability to change her blood she's done it in the past, but in this book she doesn't know if she can without a hope chest. I'm what, 10 books in, I keep expecting the long explanations to end. Give the damn story and solidify what she can do with the magic we know she has already. Give us something new in the next book.

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Awful narrator!

This narrator is awful. Her voice for Tybalt is the worst. I wasted a credit.

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Wow!

The narrator is awesome giving different speech patterns and voices to the various characters. And reflects the emotion within the story as well. it's really a joy to listen to. it's hard to turn it off because I need to do other things.

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...in limbo

I enjoy the October Daye series, and was delighted when I discovered the 11th book.

To me the ending too unfinished. I don't want to series to end but this 11th book left me hanging too much..

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Love the series!

Any additional comments?

I love the October Daye series but I was disappointed in this book. I had a hard time getting into the story and hate the Amandine character. I realize I'm probably supposed to but find her whiney and petulant on top of being hateful. I'm hoping the author does not dwell on her in the future. When I re-listen to the series I will be skipping this one.

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its getting to be all drama...

too much drama and bad monlogs.
it is like rise and repete.
was hopeing it would get better with each book.
not enough devolopment to stand the over dramatic plots and monlogs.

The Bigotry of the Fae

Ugh... the bigotry of the Fae 🙄 Toby is always kicking ass... and wow, Toby's mom is a piece of work. Not sure why after only a chapter, I shelved this and forgot about all the Fae magic and wonder of San Francisco... for a year and a half! Crazy, right?

Why?!

Why doesn't she just go fey all the way? Then no one could do these things to her anymore!