Today is week one of our readalong of A Local Habitation (No.2 October Daye by Seanan McGuire) arranged by Lisa from Over the Effing Rainbow.  I read the first book as part of a readalong at the start of the year and thought it got off to a good start but so far book No.2 is totally kicking arse!

The schedule is as follows, It’s not too late to join in so if you’re looking for a great new UF series this could be the one for you.

Week 1: Saturday 5th March, Chapters 1-8 hosted by Over The Effing Rainbow
Week 2: Saturday 12th March, Chapters 9-16 – hosted by Lynn’s Book Blog (me!)
Week 3: Saturday 19th March, Chapters 17-25 – hosted by Books By Proxy
Week 4: Saturday 26th March, Chapters 26-end – hosted by The Bibliosanctum

All are welcome to join in and there’s a discussion page over on Goodreads if that makes it easier to join.  Without further ado here are the questions and answers with a customary word of warning that spoilers will be lurking below:

1. Some familiar faces are back for book 2 (hi Tybalt!), but we don’t waste much time getting to meet some new people, most notably Sylvester Torquill’s niece, January, who is … less than upfront with Toby at first meeting. What do you think of January so far?

Firstly – yes, hello Tybalt!!  Woohoo those opening scenes.  Oh yes!

Anyway.

Well, I guess so far I’d say she comes across as a little inexperienced – or maybe it’s just that she’s trying to stand on her own two feet and too proud to ask for help ((or maybe she’s asking for help but not getting through?).  Not sure really.  She is definitely not playing with a straight bat when she first meets Toby and I’m not sure why but I think that given the nature of some of the conversations so far (where she think’s she’s been calling Sylvester and vice versa) I think something is rotten in Denmark and maybe it’s something that’s outside her control.

2. Another new face is April, who’s got a rather unique back story according to Alex. What do you make of her so far, and what do you think of the merging of magic and technology that seems set to be the underlying theme in this book?

I quite like the idea of merging magic and technology but I’m not sure I completely believe it yet as it doesn’t seem to usually mix with the fae does it as they always come across as almost medieval somehow? The story with Alex – well, that was a sad story wasn’t it.  I can’t help wondering about her being the only one to escape.  Is she just terribly unique and lucky and managed to escape against all the odds whilst all the other of her kind died, or is she slightly smarter and managed to escape but is now basically fuming.  Come on.  She would be livid wouldn’t she – or maybe I’m looking for potential suspects!!!  And, she’s all mixed up in the IT – the messenger no less, and nobody’s telephone calls are getting through to each other *waggles eyebrows in a most unflattering way*!!!!!  I’m such an over thinker, I know!

3. Do any of the rest of the new faces stand out to you here? If so, who and why?

I would love to know what’s going on with Alex and Terrie (might have got that name wrong). They both seem so appealing don’t they?  Now, don’t get me wrong, they both could be very appealing or maybe they’re like using some sort of glamour – okay, I’m over thinking but this is the fae.

4. We get some explanation of the political situation where Tamed Lightning is concerned, and by the end of this section we’ve got a body on the ground at ALH Computing… Got any initial thoughts/suspicions/things you still want to know.

I want to know EVERYTHING.  And, I’ll tell you why – because, I have absolutely no idea yet about what’s going on here in Tamed Lightning – but *and shakes finger knowingly* something is definitely going on!

That’s it for me this week.  This got off to a great start – Tybalt from almost the get go!!