An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire [Review]

An Artificial Night (October Daye #3) by Seanan McGuire
Format: paperback
Source: library
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Date read: September 29, 2017

October Daye
1. Rosemary and Rue
2. A Local Habitation
3. An Artificial Night - Paperback | Kindle
4. Late Eclipses
5. One Salt Sea
5.1. In Sea-Salt Tears
6. Ashes of Honor
6.1. Rat-Catcher
6.2. No Sooner Met
7. Chimes at Midnight
7.1. Never Shines the Sun
7.2. Forbid the Sea
8. The winter Long
8.1. Heaps of Pearl
8.2. Shore to Shore
8.5. Shattered Shields
9. A Red-Rose Chain
9.2. Stage of Fools
9.3. Full of Briars
9.4. In Little Stars
10. Once Broken Faith
10.1. Dreams and Slumbers
10.2. The Voice of Lions
10.3. The Act of Hares
11. The Brightest Fell
12. Night and Silence
13. When Sorrows Come

Seanan McGuire
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

October "Toby" Daye is a changeling-half human and half fae-and the only one who has earned knighthood. Now she must take on a nightmarish new challenge. Someone is stealing the children of the fae as well as mortal children, and all signs point to Blind Michael. Toby has no choice but to track the villain down-even when there are only three magical roads by which to reach Blind Michael's realm, home of the Wild Hunt-and no road may be taken more than once. If Toby cannot escape with the children, she will fall prey to the Wild Hunt and Blind Michael's inescapable power.

Thoughts on An Artificial Night: I feel a bit shell-shocked after this book. Things were happening so fast, I think I forgot how to breathe. *stares at everyone* Seriously. Toby just barrels from one incident to the next without pause. THE LADY NEEDS TO LEARN SOME RESTRAINT.

Weirdly, I think she is. Probably. Even though she moving forward with her life after spending fourteen years as a fish, I feel like she was in recovery mode up to this book. Heck, even during this book. Until someone slapped her upside the head and pointed out that she has a death wish, she does the most insane things. Like going to the heart of the Wild Hunt multiple times. I get why she had to try, but she had a flagrant disregard for her own safety time and time again.

But I felt like by the time we got to the end of this book she was finally reaching the point where she sees the light. Maybe. She's realizing she's not an island and she has people who care about her. Lots of people. Her life is never going to be uncomplicated or easy (no chance of that!), but she has a place where she fits and people who will stand beside her through almost anything.

Might I just say...Hello, Tybalt. You mysterious cat-king, you. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this wily man down the road. Sure, Toby and Tybalt will probably be fighting and/or snarking at each other, but that's the beauty of them.

All right. The next book is waiting for me.