Ah alchemy

 OK, so I somehow missed Seanan McGuire's next October Daye book dropped a while back (indeed a newer one is coming soon), but hey, Silver and Lead showed up at the end of my Incarnations of Immortality reread, so yay!

OK, so we're joining Toby and 8.5 months pregnant and confined to quarters while she's getting ready to give birth. Well, at least until the Queen manages to rouse Toby into action to investigate who the hell stole all the kingdom's treasures during Titania's illusion. 

Which, as seems to happen in these books, has Toby running around investigating, getting kidnapped, getting put in mortal danger, and even getting a Caesarian in the middle of a boss fight. (And at 8.5 months pregnant, I started hearing every character talking like they were from Fargo. 

By the end, everything is back to semi normal, and we spend the novella after witnessing Dianda give birth Undersea. 

While these pretty much have a formula of sorts the longer this goes on, it remains engaging and fun reading. 

Sometimes, they come back again

 I was kind of shocked to find out David R. Slayton's Redneck Revenant existed, since I though book 3 was a series ender. But no, Book 4 came out, the library didn't have a copy, so I managed to get an InterLibrary Loan to get a copy, mainly because I don't own any of the first 3 books, and I try to avoid buying hardcovers if I don't own any of the other books. 

Anyway, Adam (the Redneck Warlock) and his boyfriend Vic (the Latino Reaper) are still dating, but not quite moving forward. Adam's brother, Bobby, whom Adam is still living with, get a shock when his dead wife shows up on the doorstep, alive and fully healed. Yes, Annie, who died while possessed by something older than Death, is alive and well with no memory of of pretty much anything that happened in the last few days she was alive. 

What follows is finding out why her Mom and Dad brought her back to life, who the mysterious spirit wearing a wolf mask is, and sorting out Elven Court drama. 

Which is all exquisitely readable and absorbing, even as we get hit with themes of forgiveness and acceptance, none of which is easy for the traumatized. 

I'm happy to see that this series is continuing, I just wish I had known sooner.