#20 in Urban fantasy
Rosemary and Rue
- 370
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Rosemary and Rue” opens the October Daye series with a murder mystery set where the fae world meets San Francisco. Some readers like the characters and the lore of the hidden realm, where a half-fae former detective does the investigating. Others find the plot predictable and close to other urban fantasy, and some feel the solution is handed over instead of worked out from clues. It is an easy read, with many sequels to follow.
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About the book
New York Times-bestselling October Daye faerie series • Hugo Award-winning author Seanan McGuire • Secrecy is the key to Faerie's survival—but no secret can be kept forever, and when the fae and mortal worlds collide, changelings are born. Outsiders from birth, these half-human, half-fae children spend their lives fighting for the respect of their immortal relations. Or, in the case of October "Toby" Daye, rejecting it completely. After getting burned by both sides of her heritage, Toby has denied the fae world, retreating into a “normal” life. Unfortunately for her, Faerie has other ideas... The murder of Countess Evening Winterrose, one of the secret regents of the San Francisco Bay Area, pulls Toby back into the fae world. Unable to resist Evening’s dying curse, Toby must resume her former position as knight errant to the Duke of Shadowed Hills and begin renewing old alliances that may prove her only hope of solving the mystery...before the curse catches up with her.
Reading order · October Daye
Full order & progress →- Rosemary and RueThis book
7.57.5 / 10 - A Local Habitation
–Not ranked yet - An Artificial Night
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
–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 215 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 59% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Urban fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.8 | 5 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 210 | 98% |
Frequently asked
How long is Rosemary and Rue?
It has 370 pages — longer than 62% of the ranked books in Urban fantasy.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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