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A Local Habitation (October Daye, #2)A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


All I really have to say about this book is “Oh, come on.” Which is what I most frequently said while reading it. Often followed by, “this woman can’t be a P.I. no matter how many times you tell me so – she’s too dumb to keep breathing,” and occasionally, “yes! Okay! And now we move on!”



Wait, crap, think of something nice to say.*



Uh.



The bits of background faerie lore are pretty interesting and unique? Oh, and the things that are irritating about this book – repetitiveness, characterization done entirely by people telling the protagonist how awesome/weird/interesting she is, tin ear dialogue -- are only faint annoyances in her very enjoyable later book Feed, and knowing people get better is always pleasing?



*Don't worry, I'm fine, no religious conversions or psychotropic drugs are at play. I'm just bored and trying something new.





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