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The first instalment of the highly praised Toby Daye series. The world of Faerie never disappeared; it merely went into hiding, continuing to exist parallel to our own. Secrecy is the key to Faerie's survival: but no secret can be kept forever, and when the fae and mortal worlds collide,…

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October (Toby) Daye, is half human, half faerie. She’s done trying to earn the respect of her immortal relatives, and begins to make a nice, human life for herself. Until spell and a murder pull her back into the dangerous immortal tangle of shifting alliances and strange bedfellows. In spite of her supernatural origins, Toby isn’t a superhero. But when she gets sucked into the fantasy stuff there’s no “oh, no, this is impossible! How can this be real?” to wade through. She knows what the deal is and she dives, somewhat reluctantly, into it.

The October Daye series is a fun series featuring a sassy protagonist who has a penchant for getting into trouble with the supernatural, who are mostly fae from both the Seelie and UnSeelie courts. MaGuire weaves in a lot of fae mythology to buoy the plot that keeps each installment in the series fresh and thrilling. With endearing side characters and a charged romantic sub-plot, the series offers the (mostly) perfect escape from the prosaic world.

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