I did NOT see Evening being alive coming at all. It shocked the hell out of me, but also made complete sense. If I could have 1% of McGuire's plotting talents I would immediately be 65% more competent at layering stories. (Ignore that the math here makes no sense.) I read this series from the library but uhhhh I think I need to invest in copies so I can read them all.
When Simon showed up on Toby's doorstep, I was like, "OH MY GOD DON'T TELL ME WE'RE ABOUT TO FACE A TWIST OF SIMON BEING HER ACTUAL FATHER SOMEHOW." So I kind of half-called it? But Toby is often so attached to her humanity, and I'm SO suspicious of her mother screwing around with her blood now that it's the first place my mind went. It was still a surprise finding out about him, their messed up family, and that she had a sister! On one hand it changes EVERYTHING about her spending so long as a fish and on the other it changes nothing because she still lost so much and had to make an entirely new life for herself. :(
Maybe it's just me, but the Sylvester and Luna stuff, where Toby's relationship with them is falling apart, is kind of the weirdest thing about the series for me. I can sort of grok Luna's changed relationship: she's lost her kitsune hiding place and is showing more of the attitude displayed by her parents. But otherwise the odd deterioration of their relationship doesn't quite follow for me, although I know there are easily identifiable reasons. Sylvester is easier because he's been outright lying and refusing to tell Toby things she might really need to know for some time, and it's not clear why he's doing it. He's not like Simon, forbidden to tell people things, is he...???
TYBALT/TOBY CONTINUES TO BE MY HAPPY PLACE. I cried when they fell out of the sky because I legit thought she had just killed Toby's boys and I was going to have to burn the world down. I'M SO GLAD I WAS WRONG. ;____;
Lastly, I DID NOT SEE QUENTIN AS THE CROWN PRINCE COMING. How was I supposed to see that coming?! I am the worst at clues. Out of all the shocks in this series that one is up at the top between "EVENING" and "THE QUEEN IS FAKE???"
I don't care it's the least popular ship, I totally ship Quentin and Raj. I also hope there are some good May/Jazz stories out there somewhere, official canon or otherwise. I'm super into the relationships in these books. They're SO GOOD and so well done. Ahhhh.
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I did NOT see Evening being alive coming at all. It shocked the hell out of me, but also made complete sense. If I could have 1% of McGuire's plotting talents I would immediately be 65% more competent at layering stories. (Ignore that the math here makes no sense.) I read this series from the library but uhhhh I think I need to invest in copies so I can read them all.
When Simon showed up on Toby's doorstep, I was like, "OH MY GOD DON'T TELL ME WE'RE ABOUT TO FACE A TWIST OF SIMON BEING HER ACTUAL FATHER SOMEHOW." So I kind of half-called it? But Toby is often so attached to her humanity, and I'm SO suspicious of her mother screwing around with her blood now that it's the first place my mind went. It was still a surprise finding out about him, their messed up family, and that she had a sister! On one hand it changes EVERYTHING about her spending so long as a fish and on the other it changes nothing because she still lost so much and had to make an entirely new life for herself. :(
Maybe it's just me, but the Sylvester and Luna stuff, where Toby's relationship with them is falling apart, is kind of the weirdest thing about the series for me. I can sort of grok Luna's changed relationship: she's lost her kitsune hiding place and is showing more of the attitude displayed by her parents. But otherwise the odd deterioration of their relationship doesn't quite follow for me, although I know there are easily identifiable reasons. Sylvester is easier because he's been outright lying and refusing to tell Toby things she might really need to know for some time, and it's not clear why he's doing it. He's not like Simon, forbidden to tell people things, is he...???
TYBALT/TOBY CONTINUES TO BE MY HAPPY PLACE. I cried when they fell out of the sky because I legit thought she had just killed Toby's boys and I was going to have to burn the world down. I'M SO GLAD I WAS WRONG. ;____;
Lastly, I DID NOT SEE QUENTIN AS THE CROWN PRINCE COMING. How was I supposed to see that coming?! I am the worst at clues. Out of all the shocks in this series that one is up at the top between "EVENING" and "THE QUEEN IS FAKE???"
I don't care it's the least popular ship, I totally ship Quentin and Raj. I also hope there are some good May/Jazz stories out there somewhere, official canon or otherwise. I'm super into the relationships in these books. They're SO GOOD and so well done. Ahhhh.