07-23-2022, 11:42 AM
When Sorrows Come by Seanan McGuire
Toby goes to her wedding. Mayhem ensues. As it does.
It's been building up to this for awhile. Toby finally gets to marry Tybalt, the king of the Cats. She has to travel to Toronto to do this because the High King and Queen requested they hold the wedding there.
As usual, the books stops every three or four chapters to explain who is who and who they are related to and why it's important. Plus, long descriptions of what kind of Fae they are. It takes awhile for the book to get going. You would think with all that explanation, I would be able to remember who is who but I don't. There are dozens of main characters at this point and it's hard to keep them straight. McGuire needs to simplify the stories and just deal with a few characters for a change.
That being said, this book was a stronger entry into the canon. I could follow the mystery of why people are trying to kill the High King. We only had to go back a couple of centuries for the reasoning. There were funny bits. There were a lot of speeches about what makes a family but it worked fine in this context.
The next volume comes out in the fall.
Toby goes to her wedding. Mayhem ensues. As it does.
It's been building up to this for awhile. Toby finally gets to marry Tybalt, the king of the Cats. She has to travel to Toronto to do this because the High King and Queen requested they hold the wedding there.
As usual, the books stops every three or four chapters to explain who is who and who they are related to and why it's important. Plus, long descriptions of what kind of Fae they are. It takes awhile for the book to get going. You would think with all that explanation, I would be able to remember who is who but I don't. There are dozens of main characters at this point and it's hard to keep them straight. McGuire needs to simplify the stories and just deal with a few characters for a change.
That being said, this book was a stronger entry into the canon. I could follow the mystery of why people are trying to kill the High King. We only had to go back a couple of centuries for the reasoning. There were funny bits. There were a lot of speeches about what makes a family but it worked fine in this context.
The next volume comes out in the fall.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm