false 6294549 2 6478937 book 1 9 2009 Rosemary and Rue: An October Daye Novel (Toby Daye) total:236|5:73|4:97|3:47|2:16|1:3| 236 929 640 90 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 5 5 false Thu May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 24 10:03:02 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 16:00:35 -0700 2009 too many to count more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 5 2 true Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 05:34:18 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 16:59:39 -0700 2009 once so far more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 3 0 false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Dec 11 03:49:16 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 03:57:38 -0800 2009
PROS:

Toby is a great central character. She's conflict...more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 4 0 true Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 18:20:37 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 10:25:20 -0800 2009
In many ways October Daye is the most frustrating protagonist I've come upon in a long time. She is a changeling, ...more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 3 0 false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 06:44:56 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 06:53:24 -0800 2009
October was such a fun heroine in that she was really beaten down by the situations that happened to her. You don't...more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 4 0 false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 10:18:49 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 10:19:58 -0700 2009 http://janicu.livejournal.com/86891.html...

I kept seeing good reviews of the debut novel by Seanan McGuire everywhere, but Urban Fantasy (one of my fav blogs), really cinched my interest when they recommended Rosemary and Rue "especially for fans of Ilona Andrews or Patricia Briggs."...more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 4 0 true Fri Oct 02 17:59:18 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 17:59:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 4 0 false Fri Sep 18 15:44:59 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 16:03:35 -0700 2009
In the case of Seanan...more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 5 2 false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 13:10:13 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 19:16:29 -0700 2009
October Daye is a changeling, half-faerie and half-human, and a knight who owes her allegiance to Duke Sylvester Torquill - a title she earned despite her half blood inferiority. One night while...more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 4 5 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 09:36:11 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 07:56:29 -0700 2009 Rosemary and Rue.

The rough spot was in the pronunciation guide. The author (or someone) noted that kitsune* was pronounced kit-soon, when the closer pronunciation would be kee-tsoo-neh -- Japanese translitera...more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 5 0 false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 11:57:37 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 11:58:59 -0700 2009
Seanan McGuire has opened up San Francisco to many new possibilities with the urban fantasy world and life of October "Toby" Daye, changeling and trouble-magnet. Never let it be said that Toby leads a b...more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 5 1 true Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 10:30:37 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 10:31:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 4 2 true Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 21:20:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 21:34:30 -0800 2009

This book had a GREAT setting and environment, I was engrossed in the mystery and, (although a bit exposition-y in sections) I was along for the ride the whole way and immersed in the mythol...more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 5 0 false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 08:51:28 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 21:04:29 -0700 2009
I'll start with this...

Things I liked

1. October "Toby" Daye was an amazing heroine. She's flawed, believable, and absolutely likable. She's not al...more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 4 0 false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 10:31:25 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 21:31:30 -0700 2009 Rosemary and Rue or continue with the series. Yet there ...more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 5 0 false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 23:57:55 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 21:16:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 3 2 false Sat Aug 22 20:59:35 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 21:32:58 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 20:59:35 -0700 2009 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 5 1 false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 20:17:32 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 04:09:28 -0700 2009 Rosemary and Rue is a knock-out debut of what looks to be a fantastic series. The protagonist, October (Toby), is interesting, tough yet still fragile, sympathetic, and her character as a whole seems so realistic. The plot and mystery held ...more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 1 3 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 09:29:09 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 09:35:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6294549 0756405718 9780756405717 233 90 3.94 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294549.Rosemary_and_Rue 4 0 false Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 06 20:14:36 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 21:13:13 -0800 2009
Toby Daye is having a bad day, er, week. This book takes place over maybe 3 days, but bless her little changeling heart, that's enough! She runs into more trouble than any character...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6294549