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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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Apr 27, 2018 Cora rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, kindle, urban-fantasy, fairies, mystery, paranormal, magic, california, 1st-in-series, supernatural

Rosemary and Rue is the first book in the October Daye urban fantasy series. Like many urban fantasy books, it has a strong female protagonist that battles all sorts of supernatural bad guys in her city (in this case it is San Francisco). I like how McGuire has incorporated fae folklore into the urban setting. The characters were interesting and multidimensional. I also liked how October was not perfect, she got injured a lot in the course of the story and needed a lot of help from others. She w ...more

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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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Jan 09, 2012 Christal rated it liked it

Shelves: magic, female-lead, urban-fantasy, fae, murder, lesser-known-creatures, pi-detective-cop

This book had a very slow start, but once it picked up, I liked it. I did kind of feel like we were dropped into the middle of the story (I felt like it needed more world-building background/explanations), but maybe that means future books in the series will flesh it out more. There were a lot of characters that helped the main heroine out and we weren't really told why or what their relationship to her was. I wasn't in love with this book like so many others, but I liked it well enough to conti ...more

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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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