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October Daye / Inheritance - Essay Series Part Five: Long Series and How to Read Them

Hello Patrons and general audience members! Welcome to another Books That Burn essay by Robin. Thank you to Case Aiken, who receives a monthly Patron shoutout. [Full Audio Available Here] This is the fifth and final entry in a five-part essay series discussing two long-running book series by queer authors: October Daye by Seanan McGuire, and Inheritance by A.K. Faulkner. I chose these series because I love them both, they were intended from the start to be long series, neither of them are finished yet, and the authors have different structural approaches to developing each series across so many volumes. Purely coincidentally, they are both long-running contemporary fantasy series mainly set in California in or near the 2010's, with major characters named Quentin, and whose fast-healing protagonists have a tendency to quasi-adopt a gaggle of magical teenagers. After a brief moment in the 1990's, October Daye begins in earnest in 2009 and has reached 2015 as of the eighteenth boo...

Animorphs Book 37: The Weakness by K.A. Applegate

Jake is out of town and Rachel leads in his place. This book builds upon the differences between Rachel and Marco as leaders, highlighting Rachel's strength as a reactive tactical thinker and Marco's more careful planning.

I like the addition of the Garatron, it's nice to see more alien species. I don't remember if this one comes back, but I like the description of it.

The last chapter is so damn sad, I just... the feeling is building in these books that something has to give, something's going to break. The message that even if the Animorphs manage to win they'll never really be done is so unrelenting and heartbreaking.

A girl (Rachel) turns into a cheetah

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