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"The Brightest Fell" is among the best "October Daye" novels. It centers on the hunt for August, October's lost and possibly dead older sister, daughter of her mother Amandine and her one-time nemesis Simon Torquil. October, who does not take on this quest voluntarily, finds herself allied with Simon, the man who turned her into a fish and left her in a pond for several years prior to Rosemary and Rue. With the reluctant assistance of the Ludaig, the ancient sea witch who October leans on quite heavily for guidance throughout the series, October, Simon, and October's squire Quentin travel to faery and back to find this woman who lost her way home in a quest to find Oberon, the absent all-father of the fae.

The book's title is, as usual, a portion of a quote from Shakespeare: "Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell. Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace, Yet Grace must still look so.” In Shakespeare, "the brightest" is Lucifer; here, the brightest is Simon, who was widely loved and esteemed before his obsession with his daughter's disappearance led him into badly-chosen alliances and evil, murderous deeds. The moral core of the book is the question "What wouldn't you do to save the one you love most?" and as October grapples with the question herself, she begins to cautiously feel empathy for Simon, a man who, he says, betrayed everything he stood for in his quest to recover August.

As in earlier novels, there is plenty of adventure and violence, plenty of reliance of the kindness of old friends and allies, plenty of development in the back story of October and her family and the fae, and there are plenty of injuries and sacrifices and choices that will be regretted later and perhaps forever. The ending, as is also typical for the series, is both sweet and bitter, with peace, triumph, tragedy, hope, and foreboding all together. McGuire tells stories about the fae, but they are never simply cautionary tales nor are they "happily ever after," which is probably a good thing.

Important P.S. The novel is secretly packaged with the "bonus" novella "Of Things Unknown," featuring the first-person narration of cyber-dryad April O'Leary. Thematically related to the novel, April and her kin may be able to resurrect the people they lost in A Local Habitation (October Daye Series Book 2) through a combination of technology and magic, but what if only some of them can be saved?


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The Brightest Fell October Daye Seanan McGuire 9780756413316 Books Reviews

My birthday is the 5th. Every year, I appreciate the dinners with friends and family, but I am always antsy, waiting for dinner to end. Bracause Seanan McGuire always gives me the best birthday gift. I get to lock the door, settle onto the couch with a cup of coffee, and read a new October Daye book. This year was a bonus, as the book was released at the beginning of my day instead of the end )

The book...very bittersweet. I felt for Simon, and the family? Whew! As my dad always says, family may be blood, but you don't have to like them. I think October finally has finally released her familial angst. I have a couple minor peeves. I thought the quest was a little too easy, as well as leading the party to places already visited with nothing really new. The encounter with Riordan was very anti-climatic. I also felt a lot more time was spent rehashing other books than normal. Perhaps that's because this book seems to be a transitional, with it finally leading into the main secret , which has always been hinted around. I think we'll finally get to know why her aunt wants her dead.

As I said though, these are minor peeves. This book still outshines all the other books I have read this year, and I will continue to be madly in love with all the characters in the series.
This is a hard story for October. It was hard to read because it was painful and the ending promises more grief. It was beautifully written and clever but I felt deflated at the end. The short story was beautiful and full of hope. I suspect that is why it was included. I really need some ease in the next story and for October and Tybalt to be together.
I love that this is one of those series that gets better almost every book. I really had no idea that when I read Rosemary and Rue all those books ago that I was eventually going to fall in love with this series. Part of that is because Rosemary and Rue was a little bleak and depressing for about the first quarter of the book, but since book three I’ve been completely hooked.

Our story starts off a little on the happy side with one of the funniest into chapters in a series I’ve read for a while as Toby and all of her quirky friends are at a karaoke bar for her bachelorette party. All I have to say is Sea Witch singing Poor Unfortunate Souls, seriously it paints a picture.

***“I didn’t even know you invited her.”
“Uh, duh, I had to? It’s the Sleeping Beauty principle. You always invite the biggest baddie on the block, or they show up later and curse everybody just to make a point. Besides, she’s having fun.***

It’s a good thing that we get this fun reprieve before family shows up and ruins everything. If you think you have mommy issues I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Toby has it so much worse than you ever thought of having it.

I’ve waited forever to get some insight into her mother Amandine and WOW she was not what I was expecting at all. That fae creature is horrible and so many bricks short of a full load her logic is baffling and brooks no argument lest you be turned into a toad. Amandine it seems would like to find August her child who has been missing for over a hundred years. October isn’t really excited to take on this quest as she is busy planning a wedding, being a hero of the realm and trying not to die. But Amandine isn’t one to take no for an answer and so she kidnaps Tibalt and Jazz just to make sure that October will be motivated to find her missing sister. Did I mention that Amandine is a little bit bat sh*t crazy???

And so we are off on a quest and need to wake up Simon, August’s father and the man that turned October into a fish for 14 years. I’m going to say that Simon who has been one of the main antagonists for quite a while went up so many notches in my esteem after this book. Sure he made some horrible choices in the past but when he started down the slippery slope that became his undoing his first and foremost goal was to find his little girl who was lost. He started with the best of intentions but every choice he made was just one step closer to being the bad guy. But at least he is trying to make some reparations and start on the road back to being a better person.

***Because sometimes the best intentions could lead to some very dark places, and once you were there, it could be almost impossible to find your way home again, unless there was someone willing to help you. Unless you could get there and back by the light of a candle.***

But the best part of this series besides October, because I love her, is the Sea Witch the Luidaeg. She is so cantankerous and acts so put out by everyone. It is so sad that in a way that is her coping mechanism so that people don’t get too close. So they don’t forget that do ask her for help is a binding deal that will cost them, she can’t refuse and the cost can be devastating.

***“ I have to give people what they ask me for. If you say you want a pony, I have to give you a pony. But I can ask you to pay whatever I want, and the more I don’t want to give you a pony, the steeper that cost becomes.” Her mouth twisted in an unhappy line. “If you’re jerk about it, I can even mess with you after I give you what you asked for. Asked to have a pony, not be a pony, but hey, one’s essentially the same as the other, right? Looked at from the right angle.”***

I actually feel so sad for the Sea Witch. She genuinely wants to help the people she cares about but at the same time she can’t because of the rules she is bound by. She tries to give people outs and they don’t listen and still make their bargain even knowing that the cost will be high none of them seem to care in the moment. Plus The Sea Witch knows what is to come in the future and that someone from Amandine’s line is going to have to pay the price for that future. I very much worry for Toby since I think it is pretty clear after this book that both August and Amandine are not cut out for heroism.

***Your mother never wanted to be a hero. She hated what her mother’s actions and our father’s blood had lain upon her, hated the expectation that she would sacrifice herself for the sake of others. She wanted to be a rose in a walled garden, and not one growing wild by the side of some crumbling, half- forgotten well. So she refused. She could have ended this centuries ago, and she refused.”***

The plot in this book was great and I loved getting to see more of the deep faery lands and meet up with a few characters from the past. Simon gets most improved character (not sure that will hold for later books but I’m crossing my fingers for him). August gets voted worst sister ever….I have no idea how October turned out semi-normal and nice looking at her other family members. And Amandine, oh Amandine I hope Oberon comes back and throws you over his knee to spank your spoiled, self-indulgent, selfish butt.

Good thing that October is working on building her new family. I think she is going to need them in the books to come.
"The Brightest Fell" is among the best "October Daye" novels. It centers on the hunt for August, October's lost and possibly dead older sister, daughter of her mother Amandine and her one-time nemesis Simon Torquil. October, who does not take on this quest voluntarily, finds herself allied with Simon, the man who turned her into a fish and left her in a pond for several years prior to Rosemary and Rue. With the reluctant assistance of the Ludaig, the ancient sea witch who October leans on quite heavily for guidance throughout the series, October, Simon, and October's squire Quentin travel to faery and back to find this woman who lost her way home in a quest to find Oberon, the absent all-father of the fae.

The book's title is, as usual, a portion of a quote from Shakespeare "Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell. Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace, Yet Grace must still look so.” In Shakespeare, "the brightest" is Lucifer; here, the brightest is Simon, who was widely loved and esteemed before his obsession with his daughter's disappearance led him into badly-chosen alliances and evil, murderous deeds. The moral core of the book is the question "What wouldn't you do to save the one you love most?" and as October grapples with the question herself, she begins to cautiously feel empathy for Simon, a man who, he says, betrayed everything he stood for in his quest to recover August.

As in earlier novels, there is plenty of adventure and violence, plenty of reliance of the kindness of old friends and allies, plenty of development in the back story of October and her family and the fae, and there are plenty of injuries and sacrifices and choices that will be regretted later and perhaps forever. The ending, as is also typical for the series, is both sweet and bitter, with peace, triumph, tragedy, hope, and foreboding all together. McGuire tells stories about the fae, but they are never simply cautionary tales nor are they "happily ever after," which is probably a good thing.

Important P.S. The novel is secretly packaged with the "bonus" novella "Of Things Unknown," featuring the first-person narration of cyber-dryad April O'Leary. Thematically related to the novel, April and her kin may be able to resurrect the people they lost in A Local Habitation (October Daye Series Book 2) through a combination of technology and magic, but what if only some of them can be saved?