A Red-Rose Chain

 A Red-Rose Chain by Seanan McGuire, 367 pages.

Here we have yet another series that I start blogging about well after the 1st book. A Red-Rose Chain is the 9th of the October Daye books, which follow the titular October Daye, changeling detective beholden to the fairy court in San Francisco. This book begins with Toby being asked to play diplomat by the queen in order to stop a war with the kingdom to the north. This is a very funny choice given the everything about her. Now Toby has to fight her "shake the problem until answers fall out" nature to be a successful diplomat in a kingdom who hates changelings if she wants to prevent a war and protect her friends.

This is far from the twistiest of the October Daye books, and ultimately had more to do with the characters than any mystery, which would be more common for the series. Overall I really enjoyed it. It was nice to have a book to really appreciate how far the characters have come in the previous eight, and I look forward to getting back into reading more in the series.