October Daye Series by Seanan McGuire -> Restarting October 1st, 2025

[Alaina]

October "Toby" Daye, a changeling who is half human and half fae, has been an outsider from birth. After getting burned by both sides of her heritage, Toby has denied the Faerie world, retreating to a "normal" life. Unfortunately for her, the Faerie world has other ideas...

The murder of Countess Evening Winterrose pulls Toby back into the fae world. Unable to resist Evening's dying curse, which binds her to investigate, Toby must resume her former position as knight errant and renew old alliances. As she steps back into fae society, dealing with a cast of characters not entirely good or evil, she realizes that more than her own life will be forfeited if she cannot find Evening's killer.

[Ashlyn]

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[Ashlyn]

Chapters 1-6 (view spoiler)[Im enjoying this one so far. It was interesting how she turned to a fish and was missing for 14 years. Then her friend Evening died and the Queen wants nothing to do with it. That seems a little fishy to me. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashlyn]

Chapters 7-13 (view spoiler)[Still liking this but it seems like it’s taking a long time for things to happen. I like that the Duke and them are there for Toby and that the cat person took the thing for safeguarding. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashlyn]

Chapters 14-21 (view spoiler)[Well she almost got killed. Bug surprised. I’m questioning what Devin’s deal is though and what his motive for everything is. Also Connon. Wondering how he might be involved somehow. Also I’m so confused if Toby has a love interest at this point or not. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashlyn]

Finished (view spoiler)[I knew something was fish with Devin! Also I’m interested in seeing how this series continues now. I liked the world and everything so hopefully it gets better as the books go. I feel bad about Dare. Sad what happened with her. (hide spoiler)]

[Melanie]

Read book 1 today.



Chapters 1-7
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Toby being gone for 14 years means she definitely missed a lot. I wonder if something from those 14 years is what got Evening killed? Devin seems untrustworthy and I feel like Toby should be careful about accepting his help.
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Chapters 8-14
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It's sad that Toby stayed away from the Torquill's thinking they hated her when they just missed her. Man, what was that thing in Toby's car? I'm guessing it was involved in Evening's death considered it shot Toby with iron bullets.
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Chapters 15-21
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Damn, Toby came pretty close to dying after that Doppelgänger came after her and it used her daughter to do it. That had to hurt Toby a lot. I still don't trust Devin, his motives are suspicious. And I had to laugh when her and Conner were trying to escape the knowe and ended up running off a cliff.
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Chapters 22-27
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Devin being the one behind everything makes sense, he's been shifty the whole time. It's so sad the Toby wasn't able to save Dare in the end.
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[Melanie]

Read book 2 tonight.



Chapters 1-8
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I love Toby and Tybalt's banter, the tight pants comment cracked me up. This situation in Tamed Lightning is interesting. The people there are definitely keeping things from Toby which is just dumb considering a third person has been killed.
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Chapters 9-16
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These deaths are so strange and what's the deal with Toby not being able to ride the blood? What did the killer do to make that happen? A lot of the people at ALH are behaving quite suspiciously. If Toby's theory is right, which of them is the killer?
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Chapters 17-24
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Damn, no one at this place is safe and now even Jan is dead. And now someone shot at the group hitting Quentin. The whole thing with the night haunts was super creepy. They're such a unique race and their function definitely makes them creepier. Toby needs to figure out who the killer is ASAP.
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Chapters 25-33
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So Gordan and April were behind it all. April I can sort of understand, she was misled and only had her own experience of how she could come back online. Gordan however was just insane.
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[Melanie]

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RESTARTING JANUARY 3RD, 2025

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[Melanie]

Read book 3 today.



Chapters 1-8
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The premise of this one is so neat. Toby's Fetch showing up is not good at all, I like May though with how she is slightly different from Toby. Blind Michael and his Hunt are really interesting and I can't imagine it will be easy for Toby to get the kids back. The Luidaeg once again awesome and I really do enjoy her character.
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Chapters 9-16
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The fact the Luidaeg turned Toby into a kid to go into Blind Michael's lands is hilarious. I was surprised Quentin and Spike followed her but they certainly helped. Toby managed to save a lot more kids than I would have expected.
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Chapters 17-24
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The Luidaeg being upset that Toby has a Fetch was great, she cares about her even if she doesn't want to admit it. Tybalt picking Toby up when she was a kid was funny, he was so surprised. And I hope Toby will be able to get Karen back from Blind Michael although I'm sure it will be tough.
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Chapters 25-33
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It's interesting that you can actually kill a Firstborn by using both silver and iron, I imagine they wouldn't want anyone knowing that. I'm glad that Toby managed to make it out ok, I'm interested to see what will happen now that she didn't die and May is still around.
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[Melanie]

Read book 4 today.



Chapters 1-9
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I wonder what the Queen's play is here by making October a Countess. I'm guessing it puts her more under her control but why does she need that? And what is making Lily sick? Hopefully Toby can figure it out with Luna sick now too.
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Chapters 10-18
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Ok so what exactly is Oleander's play here? She's messing with Toby and going after everyone she loves (assuming Toby isn't crazy and the one actually killing people). I feel so bad for the Cait Sidhe, I really hope Toby finds some answers soon.
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Chapters 19-27
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I was really worried about Spike there for a second, I'm glad Walther was able to save him. And now they know what's wrong with Luna, hopefully they can fix it in time to save her. But now October is on the run from the Queen, she'll need to pull off something spectacular to fix that.
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Chapters 28-37
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It's so interesting that Toby has the power to change someone's blood and that she's the daughter of a Firstborn. I'm sure that will make for some interesting situations in the future. Raysel being the one to work with Oleander isn't a complete surprise with how crazy she is. And I like how Sylvester pulled that pardon out at the last minute saving Toby from the Queen.
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[Melanie]

Read book 5 tonight.



Chapters 1-9
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War doesn't seem like a good idea for either of the Kingdoms. Hopefully Toby will be able to figure out what happened here. I wonder why Raysel took the kids? What exactly is she planning?
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Chapters 10-18
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Toby going down to visit Undersea was really neat, it was different than I expected it to be. So Raysel is definitely behind things but I don't get why yet? And now she's taken Toby's daughter, that's not good at all.
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Chapters 19-27
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It's odd seeing Toby be the Countess, it's so different from her usual self. But now at least we have clues to where the boys and Gillian are. Hopefully Toby can get there before any of them gets hurt.
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Chapters 28-35
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Damn, I'm glad Toby managed to get there in time to save her daughter and the boys but oof Connor dying was rough. I never liked their romance but he wasn't a bad character. And I liked how Toby played out that ruse at the end to expose Duggan. Overall, this was another solid book.
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[Melanie]

Read one of the short stories tonight.



Thru 1972
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This is interesting so far, I hadn't expected there to be such a gap between the Selkies who get skins and those that don't. And Annie showing up, knowing she's the Luidaeg, is neat. I wonder what she wants with them?
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Thru 1974
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It's so odd seeing Colin in these before he has his skin. In the main books he's been a Selkie a long time so a bit weird to see him not. Liz and Annie are sweet together although I do wonder if Liz finds out who she really is?
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Thru 1987
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Ah ok so that's how Colin got his skin, poor Tempe. The relationship between Annie and Liz is still nice although I have a feeling Liz is going to be pretty hurt when she learns Annie is the sea witch.
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Thru 2002
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Well I'm glad they at least tell the people getting skins where they came from. Liz's relationship with Annie went about as expected but it's still sad since they were sweet together. Overall this was a nice story with some background of the world.
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[Ashlyn]

I’ll continue this after I catch up on ARCs

[Ashlyn]

I’ll continue this soon

[Ashlyn]

Haven’t had a chance to get to this yet

[Ashlyn]

Chapters 1-8 (view spoiler)[Well this just got interesting with the death of Collins. I honestly don’t trust Alex’s sister at all, maybe even Alex. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashlyn]

Chapters 9-17 (view spoiler)[I still kind of feel like Alex, his sister, or April is involved, or even that it’s more than one person. Hopefully no one else gets killed and the whole summoning night creature things goes okay. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashlyn]

Chapters 18-24 (view spoiler)[No! Poor Quinten got shot! Hopefully help can get there soon and I really don’t think Toby should be going places on her own. I still feel like it might be someone we wouldn’t expect, maybe even Elliot. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashlyn]

Finished (view spoiler)[I wasn’t expecting Terrie to be Alex and just change with the sunset. And of course it was Gordon. Sad that she pulled April into it with the false promise that her mom would be rebooted. (hide spoiler)]

[Melanie]

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RESTARTING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025

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[Ashlyn]

Going to come back to this series soon since I just got the new book 😅

[Melanie]

I'll be picking up book 6 in the next week or so.

[Melanie]

Running behind but I should be able to start book 6 in the next few days.

[Melanie]

I'll still be continuing this one soon.

[Ela (Mouse333)]

Prologue - Chapter 6

(view spoiler)[ I like the start of this book - the introduction to October’s life as well as the world, but I want to see more characters. Also, is anything going to be done about Simon? Or was what he did fine? Are people still looking for Sylvester’s wife and daughter? I’m curious how October is going to find the killers and the key and what it opens.
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[Ela (Mouse333)]

Chapters 7 - 13

(view spoiler)[ I don’t know if it’s the way this book is written or just my reaction to it but it reminds me of Magic Bites, except it’s a bit better. The plot is interesting and I like Toby but not much is happening. There are things that need explaining/exploring and instead, it feels like more things are just being added to the list (who killed Evening, what’s going to happen with the hope box, is Toby going to see her daughter ever again, what happened to Luna and her daughter, what’s happening with Simon). Also, I like the idea of the different characters but they’re brief.
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[Ela (Mouse333)]

Chapters 14 - 20

(view spoiler)[ I’m still not sure if I’ll continue with the series - I like October and I’m hoping once the world is introduced in this book, the next books are going to have more characters and have more things happening, but I don’t think I care to read about October with Devin. Did she say cheating as payment was fine?
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[Ela (Mouse333)]

Chapters 21 - 27

(view spoiler)[ I think I might at least try the second book as Devin is dead, but I’m not a fan of the situation with Connor. Also, I’m hoping that October will do more things to move the plot forward instead of her getting answers without real plans/investigation.
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[Melanie]

Still planning to continue this series soon.