Karissa E. (ophelia99) reviewed The Brightest Fell (October Daye, Bk 11) on + 2527 more book reviews
This is the eleventh book in the October Daye series by McGuire. Although I love all of McGuire's series; this one remains my favorite. This was another great installment in the October Daye series. I just love this series so much.
There is a bonus novella at the end of this book that tells a story from April's POV (April is the Dryad that lives in a computer network from earlier in the series). That was well done as well.
In this book Toby's mother, Amandine, decides to enter Toby's life in a big way. Suddenly instead of spending time planning her wedding to Tybalt, Toby finds herself forced into searching for her long lost sister, August. Toby struggles to track down August by both following her scent and the trail of a Babylon Candle. Along the journey Simon Torquill ends up as her unlikely ally.
I really enjoyed the journey Toby went on in this book; there's a lot of adventure here and I enjoyed how so much of this story touches on Toby's beginning and past. I was a bit disappointed that Tybalt wasn't in the story more, but given all the events that happened in here I ended up not missing Tybalt as much as I thought I would.
This book delves into yet more mystery surrounding the First Born and the Luidaeg is in here quite a bit (I love her character). The ending felt a bit rushed, but tied up at a decent spot.
Overall I was a huge fan of this book and think that it did an excellent job of continuing the series. I really enjoyed some of the things we learn and adventures we have in this book. This whole series has been very well done and is still going strong. I would recommend this series to those who enjoy investigative urban fantasy, especially faerie based urban fantasy.
There is a bonus novella at the end of this book that tells a story from April's POV (April is the Dryad that lives in a computer network from earlier in the series). That was well done as well.
In this book Toby's mother, Amandine, decides to enter Toby's life in a big way. Suddenly instead of spending time planning her wedding to Tybalt, Toby finds herself forced into searching for her long lost sister, August. Toby struggles to track down August by both following her scent and the trail of a Babylon Candle. Along the journey Simon Torquill ends up as her unlikely ally.
I really enjoyed the journey Toby went on in this book; there's a lot of adventure here and I enjoyed how so much of this story touches on Toby's beginning and past. I was a bit disappointed that Tybalt wasn't in the story more, but given all the events that happened in here I ended up not missing Tybalt as much as I thought I would.
This book delves into yet more mystery surrounding the First Born and the Luidaeg is in here quite a bit (I love her character). The ending felt a bit rushed, but tied up at a decent spot.
Overall I was a huge fan of this book and think that it did an excellent job of continuing the series. I really enjoyed some of the things we learn and adventures we have in this book. This whole series has been very well done and is still going strong. I would recommend this series to those who enjoy investigative urban fantasy, especially faerie based urban fantasy.
