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Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)

Seanan McGuire

Start date: July 2, 2018

Finish date: July 31, 2018

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Sep 03, 2009 Vickie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: booksthatmakemegowow

I read this a few weeks ago, but wasn't sure how I would write a review that would do this justice. I honestly still don't think I will do the book justice, but I want to write the review before the new year.
This is one of my favorite books of the year. This is an amazing, intelligent, action packed story that I could not put down once I started it. Well, I had to put it down to sleep at some point, but I didn't want to.
Toby gets sucked back into the fae world and she really is just trying to ...more

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Dec 31, 2012 Yzabel Ginsberg rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: group-reads, paranormal-supernatural, romance, urban-fantasy, fae

I'm having mixed opinions on this one. I really, really liked the Fae world depicted by the author, with its political intricacies, the various breeds of changelings and fae, how they interact, and so on. It holds tremendous potential, especially when you keep track of the whole favours systems, who owes what to whom, and so on. And the Cait Sidhe. I just don't know why I liked those little buggers so much. Not to mention the prickly cutesy of the rose goblins.

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Nov 09, 2018 Logan rated it really liked it

Shelves: own-bought-ebook, urban-fantasy, paranormal, 2018-books-read

First of all, I want my very own rose goblin. Those creatures are so creative and unique and I loved them!

It took me awhile to get into this one because there is a LOT of backstory before we get the plot moving. I kept waiting for the payoff but it’s clear that particular score won’t be settled for some time. The events definitely feed into Toby’s motivations so it’s not totally off-putting, but it made for a bit of a slog while reading at times.

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Nov 20, 2010 Deyara rated it really liked it

Enjoyed it - loved the characters, (particularly Tybalt mmm!) and liked the world, quite a bit of description going on here but should balance out in book 2. Loved Toby's cats - and the rose-goblin - adorable! I didnt realise I was such a sucker for cats til I read about a cat-like creature and wanted to hug it DESPITE KNOWING IT WAS MADE OUT OF ROSE-THORNS. But really, it does sound cute, doesnt it? Will definately be picking up book 2. ...more

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