#135 in Crime & mystery
An Artificial Night
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Our view
“An Artificial Night” pushes the “October Daye” series towards horror, as Toby goes after children stolen by Blind Michael. Some readers find it frightening and a proof of her heroism. Others complain of repetition: Toby seems to try the same thing again and again, and her insistence that she is no hero wears thin. The side characters and the handling of romance still win praise from some of them.
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About the book
New York Times-bestselling October Daye series • Hugo Award-winning author Seanan McGuire • Now Toby must take on a nightmarish new assignment. Someone is stealing both fae and mortal children—and all signs point to Blind Michael. When the young son of Toby's closest friends is snatched from their Northern California home, Toby has no choice but to track the villains down, even when there are only three magical roads by which to reach Blind Michael's realm—home of the legendary Wild Hunt—and no road may be taken more than once. If she cannot escape with all the children before the candle that guides and protects her burns away, Toby herself will fall prey to Blind Michael's inescapable power. And it doesn't bode well for the success of her mission that her own personal Fetch, May Daye—the harbinger of Toby's own death—has suddenly turned up on her doorstep...
Reading order · October Daye
Full order & progress →- Rosemary and RueStart here
7.57.5 / 10 - A Local Habitation
–Not ranked yet - An Artificial NightThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - Late Eclipses
–Not ranked yet - One Salt Sea
–Not ranked yet - Ashes of Honor
–Not ranked yet - Chimes at Midnight
–Not ranked yet - The Winter Long
–Not ranked yet - A Rose Red Chain
–Not ranked yet - Once Broken Faith
–Not ranked yet - The Brightest Fell
–Not ranked yet - Night and Silence
–Not ranked yet - The Unkindest Tide
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 110 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 43% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 110 | 100% |
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