Friday, March 27, 2026

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.