Ok, Steven...this one wasn't bad at all! I see some of my friends couldn't get on board with this one, but I feel comfortable planting myself in the group that said this 3d book was a vast improvement in the series. I was sorta meh about the 1st book, and was less-than-meh about the 2nd one, but Ding! Ding! Ding! #3 was a winner for me.So, in this one Toby goes after a Big Bad that's SO BIG and SO BAD this mission is probably gonna kill her. Like, reallyreallyreally kill her.But what's a girl go...

23/03/2016 Buddy Read with my fellow Daye lovers at BB&B “He takes them and he binds them. Fae children ride, so they grow strong and fierce; human children are ridden, so they learn the ways of hoof and bridle. And they are changed. Beware Blind Michael’s children, Toby—beware all his children, no matter how honest or honorable they seem. I can’t stop you from trying. Heroes never listen. That’s why they’re heroes.” October Daye is once again asked to safe the night. Children, human, change...

4.25/5I can wholeheartedly say that An Artificial Night, the third installment in October Daye series, surprised me in a way that I never expected. In fact, I didn’t have high hopes for this one, given that the previous book didn’t impress me much. I even expected Toby to do several stupid things, but thankfully, she didn’t do such things. Anyway, she made some small mistakes but those were minor, which seemed acceptable to me.A bad day for Toby started with a knock at the door. And when she ope...

Reviewed by: Rabid Reads4.5 starsFor whatever reason, the third installment is almost always a game changer in an urban fantasy series. Iron Kissed is almost universally acknowledged as being when Mercy Thompson "gets good," Faefever is when Mac finally starts being more kick-ass heroine than TSTL, and Magic Strikes is my favorite UF installment ever. “How many miles to Babylon? It’s threescore miles and ten. Can I get there by candlelight? Aye, and back again. If your feet are...

An Artificial Night (October Daye #3), Seanan McGuireAn Artificial Night is the third installment of October "Toby" Daye series. Changeling knight in the court of the Duke of Shadowed Hills, October "Toby" Daye has survived numerous challenges that would destroy fae and mortal alike. Now Toby must take on a nightmarish new assignment. Someone is stealing both fae and mortal children-and all signs point to Blind Michael. When the young son of Toby's closest friends is snatched from their Northern...

Reread July 2020 4.5 starsHaving now read everything in the series up to date I read this book with fresh eyes because I have a better understanding of Toby’s journey and that of others important to her world. Quentin has to grow up in this book and make tough choices. Toby makes choices I want to slap her for- where is her will to keep safe? Before I took this as Toby just being an annoying character, but now I see this is exactly what makes her a hero: she never gives up. We are also introduce...

Reading with all my other buddy reading addicts at Buddies Books & Baubles “Just once, I want to meet the villain in a cheerful, brightly lit room. Possibly one with kittens.” Well, Toby I don’t think that is going to happen any time soon or if you did meet the villain in the brightly lit room, it would be because it was on fire and the kittens would still try and eat you or kill you with their 9 inch claws.I was on the fence with this series. In my last review I compared reading this

***4 ***A buddy read with the coolest UF fans at BB&B!!! No review - my buddy readers wrote such great reviews, I have nothing extra to say!Toby, our half Fae-half Human investigator has realy grown on me! She is not very good at her job - she is never prepared for the worst case scenarios, she somehow misses clues, and she tries to keep her distance from the people who love her, and they are usually her biggest help not only in solving cases, but also at keeping her healthy and alive!!!! I mea

Dear October, Let me give you some sisterly advice. First, take charge of your life. Admit you are choosing to do what you are doing, not being forced to by Stacy, the Luidaeg, Lily, or Blind Michael, or anyone else. Own it. If you are the only private investigator for the fae, demonstrate some initiative and actually investigate; ask questions and stop acting like a child by whining "tell me, stop giving me riddles!" Since you of all people are constantly telling us such fae generalizations lik...

So, book three was better. Was it the kind of greatness I was promised and expected? No. But that's okay.This particular installment weaves in the story of Tam Lin and though I love that story, it didn't make me love the book. The writing, unlike in book two, was much improved. We had a better flow for both the refresher moments and for slipping us into the story itself after the time that has passed since the previous installment. The pacing, everything, it was fine. I was just.. bored.October

Review courtesy of Dark Faerie TalesQuick & Dirty: Action-packed urban fantasy where the protagonist learns a huge lesson about her true nature.Opening Sentence: One thing I’ve learned in my time working as a private investigator-slash-knight errant for the fae community of the San Francisco Bay Area: if something looks like it’s going to be simple, it probably won’t be.Excerpt: NoThe Review:An Artificial Night is the third in the October “Toby” Daye urban fantasy series by Seanan McGuire. This

4.5 starsChildren both human and faerie are missing. For personal and professional reasons Toby is determined to save them. This quest takes her on a journey to the darker parts of Faerie where powerful fae do demented things to others and are allowed to by the rules of Faerie. On top of all of that, Toby's fetch arrives at her door, meaning that her death is imminent. It's the characters that make this book. There weren't many scenes with Tybalt, but I loved every minute with him. Every little

I have yet to fall in love with this series but I'm determined to continue despite of it! There are so many things I enjoy immensely. I adore all things Fae and fairytales. The world in this is so wonderful and interesting. I love Seanan's imagination. It's mindblowing! Truly.Her Wayward Children series is fabulous and Incryptid series is one of my favorites EVER💖💖 That being said, I had some issues.. -So much repetition. In everything!- Back and forth we go in this one xD I was a liiiitle bit f...

2021 Re-readStill one of my faves!--------------------------------------------------Amazing story! One of the best urban fantasy books that I've read in a while.An nightmarish quest, that may just finally be Toby's death. I love Toby, but she has absolutely no self-preservation instinct, in fact, she borders on the suicidal; but she has this amazing heart that makes her go on, long after all hope is gone.I love reading about her world, and all her friends, who are so strange, but at the same tim...

Holy repetition, Batman! I'm beyond frustrated with this series. On one hand I love the world and the characters. Her ideas are fantastic, but the way the characters go round and around and back again is ridiculous. How many times can Toby make a trek to the same place? How many times can she almost die? How many times does she have to say she's NOT A HERO? How many times do we have to be told that you're not supposed to say, "thank you," to the fae? Apparently over and over and OVER AGAIN.So th...

ETA: I've continued reading this series and want to point out I gave books four and five considerably higher ratings. Four stars each. ______________________________________________“You mean well, but you’ve never been all that bright.” So the Luidaeg says of Toby, and wow, is she right. She also claims that all heroes are idiots and that October is the most passively suicidal person she’s ever met. The sea witch’s opinions echo my own. Previous books established Toby as a lousy detective. I’d h...

Ring ring motherfucker, guess whoIts TOBYYYYYYYYY our favorite knight channgeling “Now explain why I should let you live.”“I’m too cute to kill.”“Try again.” Honestly this world is so wondering and interesting. The imagination is actually unique with the hierarchy of fey based on their connection to the land and mythological creatures escpaing to cause chaos in the human world.These first couple books are some basic intro of learning our MC, the huge world she belongs to, and figurin...

Ohh, this one was the most exciting book so far!Fast paced and fun, that's what you get from this series. And well, so far, people seem to be right. It kind of gets better and better. Can't see what's next!

2.5/5Okay, so this series is finally getting better. I was pleasantly surprised that this book was miles better than the first two. I still think the world building is weird and there’s way too many species of fae to remember, but the plot in this one was a lot better. I liked that more of the fae world was involved and I feel like I now have more questions that I want answered, which is a good thing for me as a reader.The downside was that the pacing was extremely repetitive. Toby had to return...

I'm one book away from pronouncing this series my full time obsession. It's just that good. This! This is how you write a fairy world. Gritty, cruel, dark, beautiful and with its own twisted sense of what constitutes as fair.The only thing missing is Toby and Tybalt finally acting on their attraction and that's something that I think will happen in the next book, or the book after that at most. I'm a patient person when I want to be and for this I am ready to wait. As long as I get what I want.T...