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<blockquote data-quote="Eyes of Nine" data-source="post: 9235575" data-attributes="member: 99786">It's hard to put these into a category beyond fantasy. I think it started as &quot;urban fantasy&quot; as it's set in the SF Bay Area, and the protagonist October Daye is a &quot;private investigator&quot; in the human world. But it quickly moves away from that and delves super deep into Faerie. There are no werewolves, vampires, zombies etc etc. It eventually (quickly?) became all about the Fae and the political machinations therein. McGuire has done her homework, and pulls out &quot;fae&quot; groups from many different traditions across human culture through the ages. Not sure how many she created from whole cloth, but I bet most are actually folkloric. Since the Fae can't touch iron without suffering greatly, there are few if any guns - so it's all about knives and swords (mostly knives). That leans into Faerie. And then of course since the Fae live for a very long time, the older Fae all like their stuff &quot;old school&quot;, whether that's 6th or 16th century. On the other hand there is a Fae who is very (very!) technologically savvy, and figures out a way for the Fae to have smart phones and the internet. So the younger Fae are just like teenagers today - they want access to their cell phones and the older folks put limits on them.Then there's the entire relationship angles - McGuire writes these really well imho - not just romantic, but the found family relationships as well as the antagonistic ones. They are pumped up for melodrama - so if you don't like that, may not be for youFinally, and also may not be for you, but while the titular protagonist is a cis-het woman in cis-het relationship(s); there are many other primary characters in lots of different combos - man/man, trans-man/woman, woman/woman, poly, and probably more (no one comes out and says they are asexual at least as far as I can remember, but I bet someone will at some point). And it just is what it is. No one comments on it ever in the fiction of the series. I love that</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eyes of Nine, post: 9235575, member: 99786"] It's hard to put these into a category beyond fantasy. I think it started as "urban fantasy" as it's set in the SF Bay Area, and the protagonist October Daye is a "private investigator" in the human world. But it quickly moves away from that and delves super deep into Faerie. There are no werewolves, vampires, zombies etc etc. It eventually (quickly?) became all about the Fae and the political machinations therein. McGuire has done her homework, and pulls out "fae" groups from many different traditions across human culture through the ages. Not sure how many she created from whole cloth, but I bet most are actually folkloric. Since the Fae can't touch iron without suffering greatly, there are few if any guns - so it's all about knives and swords (mostly knives). That leans into Faerie. And then of course since the Fae live for a very long time, the older Fae all like their stuff "old school", whether that's 6th or 16th century. On the other hand there is a Fae who is very (very!) technologically savvy, and figures out a way for the Fae to have smart phones and the internet. So the younger Fae are just like teenagers today - they want access to their cell phones and the older folks put limits on them. Then there's the entire relationship angles - McGuire writes these really well imho - not just romantic, but the found family relationships as well as the antagonistic ones. They are pumped up for melodrama - so if you don't like that, may not be for you Finally, and also may not be for you, but while the titular protagonist is a cis-het woman in cis-het relationship(s); there are many other primary characters in lots of different combos - man/man, trans-man/woman, woman/woman, poly, and probably more (no one comes out and says they are asexual at least as far as I can remember, but I bet someone will at some point). And it just is what it is. No one comments on it ever in the fiction of the series. I love that [/QUOTE]

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