One Salt Sea

An October Daye Novel, Book 5

By: Seanan McGuire

Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal

Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins

Publisher's summary

October “Toby” Daye is finally doing all right. She’s settling into her new role as the Countess of Goldengreen; she’s actually dating again; she’s even agreed to take on Quentin as her official squire. Life is looking up all around - and that inevitably means it’s time for things to take a turn for the worse.

Someone has kidnapped the sons of Duchess Dianda Lorden, regent of the Undersea Duchy of Saltmist. To prevent a war between land and sea, Toby must not only find the missing boys, but also prove that the Queen of the Mists was not behind their abduction. She’ll need all her tricks and the help of all her allies if she wants to make it through this in one piece.

Toby’s search will take her from the streets of San Francisco to the lands beneath the waves, and her deadline is firm: she must find the boys in three days’ time, or all of the Mists will pay the price. But someone is determined to stop her - and whoever it is isn’t playing by Oberon’s Laws....

As the battle grows more and more personal, one thing is chillingly clear. When Faerie goes to war, not everyone will walk away.

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©2011 Seanan McGuire (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Fantastic story telling and narration

Ms. McGuire's world building is so rich and imaginative that this series is one of my favorites. The characters are delightfully quirky.

I have loved the stories in print, but Mary Robinette Kowal does a masterful job of bringing the characters to life.

Simply fantastic.

Great series, keep them coming.

Awesome book, I just can't seem to get enough. The narrator is pretty damn good.

Another great read!

My favorite author and one of the best narrators I have heard. The only problem is she is not writing them fast enough. Love this series!

The best October Daye book so far

Funny glorious and tragic, Seanan Mcguire is improving with every book (and they didn't start out too bad either).

Toby is a hero in every sense of the word and her friends are wonderful characters with a great deal of depth.

Look, life appears to be getting better for Toby

Nope, sorry.
Seanan LOVES to torture characters. Oh god it's fun to read. Listen to. Thing.

Toby's never going to get a break. Ever. Get used to it. Learn to love it, as much as she herself hates it.

Every book in this series is better than the one before.

Love October Daye novels!

As usual, Seanan McGuire has come through once again. Wonderful story line, great narration, which to me will make or break a book, and really glad to think that the King of Cats is gonna have a chance with Toby...
I would have given this book a 5 star rating, but felt that Toby's character needs a bit of censoring in this one. I had always enjoyed how the author conveyed the thoughts of her characters without going through the gammet of the usual foul language. This was the only downside in the story. Instead of the inventive way she had always used before, I was not well pleased to have to listen to the 'F' word so often.

Had me crying

I am terrible at writing reviews. Tobi's journey is heart breaking and beautiful. I never want it to end.

Funny and sad and well worth the journey

My personal rating for this book: PG
My favorite character for this book: the Luidaeg (pronounced Lushack by the narrator)

This has been one of my favorites so far. We are finally finding out just what Toby can do and just who she is. We find out more about May. Tybalt is still a major force (really liking Tybalt), and Toby's relationship with Quentin is even better.

She's still ticking off the queen, but it's more intentional now. Her friends are her strength, and she's finally willing to face that. Some parts of the book are so funny (the Luidaeg) that I laughed out loud, but the plot scheme is a dark one [*** SPOILER! *** kidnapping *** UNSPOILER! ***].

The ending is bitter sweet, and while I won't spoil it, I will say that tissues are warranted this time.

If you've read my reviews for the previous books, you know that I have been gradually warming to the narrator (and the narrator has been gradually improving). I have no real complaints for this book, other than the slight (though very common) mispronunciation of certain words, like "fermiliar" instead of familiar. She has definitely grown into the part, and as before, I do have not have complaints about her reading for Toby... She sounds natural and brings Toby's voice forward strongly.

This novel and narration have finally reached the point where I intend to re-listen to this series (something I rarely do, mainly due to time constraints), and I will also look for new series from Seanan McGure. I may even look for other series read by this narrator, now that I'm accustomed to her style.

Definitely recommend.

This Series Is Great

This series is growing on me.. I didn't feel like the first book was very good, but every new addition improves the series big time. I am loving the unique characters and I think they are developing really well.

This is a good addition to the series as it gets personal to Daye and it ends in a shocking way.

Seanad McGuire is becoming one of my favourite authors as I'm listening to different series by her. She has a good way of writing a story that you don't get bored at all.

Narrator is doing a great job as well. I can easily separate the characters with no difficulty

Good series, I'm catching up now.

Best one yet but I have more to go

I started the series looking for something while I wait for Jim Butcher's peace talks I have grown to really love the series.
Toby is a great character, as or her supporting actors