"Be the Serpent (October Daye)" by Seanan McGuire
https://www.amazon.com/Serpent-October-Daye-Seanan-McGuire/dp/0756416876/

Book number sixteen of an eighteen book dark fantasy series. I read the
well printed and well bound MMPB published by DAW in 2023. I will buy
books seventeen and eighteen when the MMPBs are released.

Many hundreds of years ago, the many of the fae left a far off land and
landed on what would become the west coast of the United States. There
they built their realms and fought their wars, both on the land and the
sea. The humans do not know of their realms and their travels but,
humans do not see everything. This is their story.

In the beginning there was the Three of the fae. Oberon, the King of
the fae and his two Queen sister wives: Maeve and Titania. All of the
fae are descended from them, both together and singly. They are the
most powerful, way more powerful than their children, the Firstborn.
All three of the first are missing and have not been seen in hundreds of
years. But Luidaeg, the Firstborn sea witch, has been dragging an old
man around everywhere she goes.

Before Oberon disappeared, he put a gaes on Titania to stop killing
their descendants. Titania had grown jealous and heartless, and was
encouraging her children and their children to kill Maeve's children and
their children. Titania had succeeded in genociding entire races like
the Luidaeg's Roane.

Now that Sir October Daye and King Tybalt are married, there are a few
details to clean up. But there has been a tragedy at October's best
friend's house. A horrible tragedy.

Please note that although the author and I share the same middle and
last names, I do not know if we are related. We are McGuire's, there
are many of us. I paid for my book and all of the books that I own
written by her.

There is a wiki for the October Daye books at:
https://october-daye.fandom.com/wiki/October_Daye_Wiki

The author has a website at:
https://www.seananmcguire.com/

My rating: 5.0 of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,972 reviews)

Lynn

On Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 8:12:09 AM UTC+11, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> "Be the Serpent (October Daye)" by Seanan McGuire
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Serpent-October-Daye-Seanan-McGuire/dp/0756416876/
>
> Book number sixteen of an eighteen book dark fantasy series. I read the
> well printed and well bound MMPB published by DAW in 2023. I will buy
> books seventeen and eighteen when the MMPBs are released.
>
> Many hundreds of years ago, the many of the fae left a far off land and
> landed on what would become the west coast of the United States. There
> they built their realms and fought their wars, both on the land and the
> sea. The humans do not know of their realms and their travels but,
> humans do not see everything. This is their story.
>
> In the beginning there was the Three of the fae. Oberon, the King of
> the fae and his two Queen sister wives: Maeve and Titania. All of the
> fae are descended from them, both together and singly. They are the
> most powerful, way more powerful than their children, the Firstborn.
> All three of the first are missing and have not been seen in hundreds of
> years. But Luidaeg, the Firstborn sea witch, has been dragging an old
> man around everywhere she goes.
>
> Before Oberon disappeared, he put a gaes on Titania to stop killing
> their descendants. Titania had grown jealous and heartless, and was
> encouraging her children and their children to kill Maeve's children and
> their children. Titania had succeeded in genociding entire races like
> the Luidaeg's Roane.
>
> Now that Sir October Daye and King Tybalt are married, there are a few
> details to clean up. But there has been a tragedy at October's best
> friend's house. A horrible tragedy.

I thought this one was a welcome return to form. The previous two or three were a bit 'meh', particularly the wedding one. This one was great, the next one better.

-Moriarty

On 11/6/2023 3:05 PM, Moriarty wrote:
> On Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 8:12:09 AM UTC+11, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> "Be the Serpent (October Daye)" by Seanan McGuire
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/Serpent-October-Daye-Seanan-McGuire/dp/0756416876/
>>
>> Book number sixteen of an eighteen book dark fantasy series. I read the
>> well printed and well bound MMPB published by DAW in 2023. I will buy
>> books seventeen and eighteen when the MMPBs are released.
>>
>> Many hundreds of years ago, the many of the fae left a far off land and
>> landed on what would become the west coast of the United States. There
>> they built their realms and fought their wars, both on the land and the
>> sea. The humans do not know of their realms and their travels but,
>> humans do not see everything. This is their story.
>>
>> In the beginning there was the Three of the fae. Oberon, the King of
>> the fae and his two Queen sister wives: Maeve and Titania. All of the
>> fae are descended from them, both together and singly. They are the
>> most powerful, way more powerful than their children, the Firstborn.
>> All three of the first are missing and have not been seen in hundreds of
>> years. But Luidaeg, the Firstborn sea witch, has been dragging an old
>> man around everywhere she goes.
>>
>> Before Oberon disappeared, he put a gaes on Titania to stop killing
>> their descendants. Titania had grown jealous and heartless, and was
>> encouraging her children and their children to kill Maeve's children and
>> their children. Titania had succeeded in genociding entire races like
>> the Luidaeg's Roane.
>>
>> Now that Sir October Daye and King Tybalt are married, there are a few
>> details to clean up. But there has been a tragedy at October's best
>> friend's house. A horrible tragedy.
>
> I thought this one was a welcome return to form. The previous two or three were a bit 'meh', particularly the wedding one. This one was great, the next one better.
>
> -Moriarty

I need to email my cousin and see if she will send me pre-production
paperbacks of "Sleep No More" and "The Innocent Sleep".

Lynn