![]() ![]() Liz and her friends are “celebrating” that their friend Daisy finally received her skin. ![]() Each family has a limited number of skins, and children know their chances at inheriting a skin are directly proportional to their status in their families. ![]() In a skinning ceremony, a young Selkie receives their skin because an elderly relative has finally decided to pass it on. I always like me a Selkie story, but the conceit that not all Selkies receive a skin is a refreshing twist. Valente and The Boy Who Cast No Shadow by Thomas Olde Heuvelt. Click back a couple of days to read my reviews of The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi by Pat Catigan, Fade to White by Catherynne M. ![]() This post finishes off my reviews of the Hugo nominated novelettes. It’s my personal opinion that Hugo nominated work should stand on its own, so don’t worry if you go into these having not read anything in the October Daye series, or anything else of McGuire’s. Both novelettes take place in the same universe as the October Daye series, but these aren’t stories about Toby Daye, but rather the supernatural fae and luidaeg creatures who also inhabit the world. I admit I’ve read very little of her work, so these two novelettes served as a good introduction to her urban fantasy. Seanan McGuire has been all over Hugo nominations these last few years. ![]()
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