{"id":5542,"date":"2015-11-29T19:55:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T00:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5542"},"modified":"2021-05-30T10:53:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T14:53:19","slug":"a-red-rose-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5542","title":{"rendered":"A Red-Rose Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Red-Rose Chain<\/a><\/em> (2015) Seanan McGuire<\/a><\/p>\n

\"A-Red-Rose-Chain\"<\/a>This is the 9th Toby Daye book, and Toby and Tybalt have not yet gotten married, but everyone seems to be awaiting their wedding.<\/p>\n

But in the meantime, war is preparing to break out, and it’s up to Toby to stop it.<\/p>\n

And… that gets to me no longer being quite sure how I feel about this series in some ways. I get that Toby is a Hero, and as such she gets tasks that no one else wants (or can do) but… it’s starting to feel A Bit Much. Like, how come she’s never Tybalt’s sidekick on an adventure? Why is she always the center of everything.<\/p>\n

I dunno. <\/p>\n

It doesn’t make this a bad book or anything, it’s just beginning to feel–excessive I suppose. <\/p>\n

Even for fantasy. Someone who doesn’t go out searching for trouble probably wouldn’t get into that much of it.<\/p>\n

Aside from that, it was a Toby Daye book, with lots of wit and banter. <\/p>\n

\u201cAt least you didn\u2019t get blood in your hair,\u201d she said.
\n\u201cI\u2019m not a barbarian,\u201d I said.
\n\u201cBarbarians bleed less, because barbarians know that actions have consequences,\u201d she countered. \u201cMaybe you should try being a barbarian.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was fun. I liked spending time with the characters. I enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

I’m just not sure that I am willing to start suspending that much disbelief, especially when there aren’t really a lot of consequence to Toby and her immediate friends. (Someone gets hit with elfshot? Oh, but someone ELSE is researching a counter to elf shot! What do we think will happen?) And I suppose that’s my biggest issue. Toby has become rather indestructible, and when she drags her friends along with her, everything still comes out in the wash.<\/p>\n

I’m not trying to say I disliked it, because I didn’t, I’m just starting to have a hard time continuing to suspend my disbelief.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by DAW <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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