Review: Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire

[cynthia1960]

I've been looking forward to reading this for a while, and it's been fun reading seanan_mcguire's anticipation of her book release on my flist. It's actually been a virtual poingfest, and the enthusiasm is infectious.

Needless to say, I got sucked into the book big time, and definitely enjoyed Toby Daye's adventure. McGuire manages to blend noir with urban fantasy skillfully. Also, as a Bay Area native, I pay attention to books set here to see if the details ring true. I do have one minor nit to pick about this, and if you've gone grocery shopping in San Francisco lately, you'll probably catch it too.

And, the preview of the next book has Toby heading down to my fair city (one of the most boring places in California according to Toby, bwahahah). I can't wait to see how McGuire manages to spice up Faerie and mundane life in southern Alameda County.

Comments

[apis-mellifera.livejournal.com]

I really liked this book when I read it a few months ago--glad to see I'm not the only one. :)

[lin-mcallister.livejournal.com]

Fremont boring? She hasn't been to Trona, apparantly.

[cynthia1960.livejournal.com]

Where's Trona? She's not the only writer that says Fremont is boring; PJ O'Roarke wrote a book a while back with a chapter about Fremont (comparing it to Bangladesh, which had a similar population density) and he said that nothing particularly interesting ever happens here. He actually came and visited and poked about the place. Of course, when I showed that line to my mom, she said "absolutely, and that's why we moved here from Oakland!"

I think Fremont has gotten less boring as it's gotten bigger, but back in the late '70s, it was truly soporific. The BART station was the only thing people seemed to remember about my fair city.