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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...

The Witch Collector by Charissa Weaks (The Witch Walker Trilogy #1)

The Buried and the Bound by Rochelle Hassan (The Buried and the Bound #1)

Mid April Reviews (2023)

Curses by Lish McBride

Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce (Protector of the Small #4)

Impostors by Scott Westerfeld (Impostors #1)

Additional Reflections on "FEED THEM SILENCE" by Lee Mandelo

The Undead Truth of Us by Britney S. Lewis

Squire by Tamora Pierce (Protector of the Small #3)

Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo

Early April Reviews (2023)

Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai