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- Content warnings: Kidnapping, Captivity, Trauma, PTSD, Emotional abuse, Betrayal, Manipulation, Violence, Injury detail, Blood, Death, Murder
Night and Silence
by Seanan McGuire
Book 12 in October Daye
This is late-series Toby Daye with the emotional bruises left visible. The mystery matters, but the pull is watching Toby protect the people she loves while the cost of earlier betrayals keeps landing.
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Length368 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice0/5 · Possessive/protective
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Established relationship
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- None
- Possessive/protective
- Found family feels
- Protective love interest
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- Hurt/comfort
- Cathartic release
- King / ruling monarch
- Found family
- Growth-focused
- Dark/tortured soul
Fantasy promise
- Urban fantasy
- Big city / metropolis
- Fae
- Guardian/protector
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Changelings
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- Survival romance
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Other
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Fast-paced
- Heavy
- High
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- Survivor
- Queer
- Suspenseful
- Emotional
- Damaged survivor
- Character-driven
- Protector
- Tense
- Atmospheric
- Outcast/loner
- Page turner
- General badass
- Protect at all costs
- Morally complex
- No one is safe
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Book details
- Length
- 368 pages
- Publisher
- DAW
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book