{"id":3547,"date":"2013-02-09T15:08:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T20:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=3547"},"modified":"2024-08-09T09:53:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T13:53:10","slug":"in-sea-salt-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3547","title":{"rendered":"In Sea-Salt Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/seananmcguire.com\/tobyshorts.php\">In Sea-Salt Tears<\/a><\/em> (2012) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/mcguire_seanan.php\">Seanan McGuire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seananmcguire.com\/tobyshorts.php\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sea-salt-tears.jpg?resize=194%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"In Sea-Salt Tears\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sea-salt-tears.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sea-salt-tears.jpg?w=237&amp;ssl=1 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>The Luidaeg has been a complicated character throughout the October Daye series. This story gives us a glimpse of the relationship between the Selkie and The Luidaeg.<\/p>\n<p>The only way a selkie can become a true fey is to inherit one. But there aren&#8217;t many skins, so most selkie don&#8217;t receive one. Elizabeth Ryan wants to receive a skin. She wants it more than anything in the world. During the celebration of the passing of a skin, a girl named Annie comes to witness the event, and after one such ceremony, when Liz and her friends are on the beach, wishing the skin had come to them, instead of their friend, Annie joins them.<\/p>\n<p>This is a love story, but not a Valentine&#8217;s love story, but instead a story of broken hearts and promises.<\/p>\n<p>Please be aware, however, there is sex in this story. Not a lot, but not none either.<\/p>\n<p>This story could stand on its own, as the Luidaeg is only a minor character in Toby&#8217;s story, and might give you an idea of whether you would like to read Toby&#8217;s series. (Which I, of course, think you should.)<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/avg_rating_widget\/15844724\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Sea-Salt Tears (2012) Seanan McGuire The Luidaeg has been a complicated character throughout the October Daye series. This story gives us a glimpse of the relationship between the Selkie and The Luidaeg. The only way a selkie can become a true fey is to inherit one. But there aren&#8217;t many skins, so most selkie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,2,48,8,148,26,35,16],"tags":[235,234],"class_list":["post-3547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-fantasy","category-female","category-mystery","category-queer","category-romance","category-short-story","category-supernatural","tag-october-daye","tag-seanan-mcguire"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-Vd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2531,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2531","url_meta":{"origin":3547,"position":0},"title":"One Salt Sea","author":"Michelle","date":"September 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"One Salt Sea (2011) Seanan McGuire Most fantasy series, the longer the series goes on, the weaker the stories get. Or perhaps the series remains strong, but for a book or two it seems like the author is struggling to figure out where they are going with the characters. Or,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;9\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"9\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/9-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/One-Salt-Sea.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5542,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5542","url_meta":{"origin":3547,"position":1},"title":"A Red-Rose Chain","author":"Michelle","date":"November 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A Red-Rose Chain (2015) Seanan McGuire This is the 9th Toby Daye book, and Toby and Tybalt have not yet gotten married, but everyone seems to be awaiting their wedding. But in the meantime, war is preparing to break out, and it's up to Toby to stop it. 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Unfortunately for her, Faerie refuses to let her go.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fantasy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Fantasy","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/fantasy"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/rosemaryandrue.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1657,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/1657","url_meta":{"origin":3547,"position":4},"title":"A Local Habitation","author":"Michelle","date":"March 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"A Local Habitation (2010) Seanan McGuire Toby has gotten her PI license back, and has started taking cases in the mortal world, however, the big case that comes to her is from her liege, Sylvester: Go into the county of Tamed Lightening, and check on Sylvester's niece. She gets to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fantasy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Fantasy","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/fantasy"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Local-Habitation.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2296,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2296","url_meta":{"origin":3547,"position":5},"title":"Late Eclipses","author":"Michelle","date":"March 6, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Late Eclipses (2011) Seanan McGuire Apparently the beginning of March is THE time for new releases. I received a TON of books I'd had on pre-order this week, and had a very difficult time deciding what I wanted to read first. C. S. 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