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Original Title:	A Local Habitation
ISBN:	0756405963 (ISBN13: 9780756405960)
Edition Language:	English URL http://seananmcguire.com/alh.php
Series:	October Daye #2, October Daye Chronological Order #2

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October "Toby" Daye is a changeling, the daughter of Amandine of the fae and a mortal man. Like her mother, she is gifted in blood magic, able to read what has happened to a person through a mere taste of blood. Toby is the only changeling who has earned knighthood, and she re-earns that position every day, undertaking assignments for her liege, Sylvester, the Duke of the Shadowed Hills. Now Sylvester has asked her to go to the County of Tamed Lightning—otherwise known as Fremont, CA—to make sure that all is well with his niece, Countess January O'Leary, whom he has not been able to contact. It seems like a simple enough assignment—but when dealing with the realm of Faerie nothing is ever as simple as it seems. Toby soon discovers that someone has begun murdering people close to January, whose domain is a buffer between Sylvester's realm and a scheming rival duchy. If Toby can't find the killer soon, she may well become the next victim.

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Title	:	A Local Habitation (October Daye #2)
Author	:	Seanan McGuire
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 377 pages
Published	:	March 2nd 2010 by DAW Books Inc
Categories	:	Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Paranormal. Fairies. Fae. Mystery. Fiction. Magic

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Re-read: 20/11/2017 4 starsSeeing my original review is a little bit funny, because first time I read this series, I enjoyed the first book much more than this one, while now it's the other way around. When I started re-reading this series, I wasnt sure why I gave it such good rating the first time I read it. Luckily, Im starting to remember now. Even though there is a plenty of deaths (seriously, a lot of deaths) in this one, its still much lighter than the first installment. We get more

S t r u g g l e b u s.That's what this whole read was. It's a good thing I was warned in advance that this book would not be a favourite and would require some pushing through because oh boy was that accurate. So I'm paying it forward and passing along that warning.Some of what I expressed as my main issue with book one was definitely present in book two. More romantic entanglements (because why not), more making things complicated with the existing ones (because why not), and combined with a

The first half : 4 starsThe second half : 2 starsI enjoyed the first 50% of the book a lot and I thought it was really better than the first installment in this series. But then the rest of the book proved me otherwise. It didn't impress me as much as I expected. Toby still made numerous bad decisions, which totally ticked me off. I have to admit, I havent quite warmed up to her yet, but I trust my GR friends that she will gradually get better. Hopefully, it will happen real soon!In this book, I

If it weren't for trusted friends telling me this gets better, I think I'd dump this series. Why?Well, for starters, dumbassery abounds in book 2. If there's a cliche about what not to do when a serial killer is on the loose, then these idiots can't WAIT to do it! Toby is called on by Sylvester to investigate why his niece isn't returning his phone calls. He can't go himself, because of Fairy politics (that I still don't entirely understand), which means she's basically on her own. Well, he

I reread this in a day, in anticipation of the release of A Red-Rose Chain next month. I'm leaving my original three star rating as is. Toby took a few too many missteps, there was not enough Tybalt, and Connor's inclusion felt wholly contrived. If it was too politically sensitive to send the Duke of Shadowed Hills, then sending his heir's husband (basically the Crown Duke) should've also been off the table. Plus, he's a moron.

This was a big improvement from the first for me. While I found some aspects of the mystery pretty obvious, I quite enjoyed it and the tension that Maguire built.

Reviewed by: Rabid Reads3.5 starsWhen we left October at the end of ROSEMARY AND RUE, she had resumed her life as a changeling, existing to varying degrees in both the human and fae worlds. She'd gotten her PI license renewed, and things were altogether looking up for her, b/c she'd finally stopped ostriching. A LOCAL HABITATION begins with a somewhat drunken October and a couple of her changeling friends wrapping up a girls night out. It's an October we haven't seen before, I bloody love it: