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The sixth book in New York Times-bestselling Seanan McGuire's witty urban fantasy InCryptid series about a family of cryptozoologists who act as a buffer between humans and the magical creatures living in secret around us. "The only thing more fun than an October Daye book is an InCryptid book." —Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Sookie Stackhouse series Improbable, adjective: 1. Not very likely to happen; not probable. 2. Probably not a very good idea anyway. 3. See also “bad plan.” As the youngest of the three Price children, Antimony is used to people not expecting much from her. She’s been happy playing roller derby and hanging out with her cousins, leaving the globe-trotting to her older siblings while she stays at home and tries to decide what she wants to do with her life. She always knew that one day, things would have to change. She didn’t think they’d change so fast. Annie’s expectations keep getting shattered. She didn’t expect Verity to declare war on the Covenant of St. George on live television. She didn’t expect the Covenant to take her sister’s threat seriously. And she definitely didn’t expect to be packed off to London to infiltrate the Covenant from the inside…but as the only Price in her generation without a strong resemblance to the rest of the family, she’s the perfect choice to play spy. They need to know what’s coming. Their lives may depend on it. But Annie has some secrets of her own, like the fact that she’s started setting things on fire when she touches them, and has no idea how to control it. Now she’s headed halfway around the world, into the den of the enemy, where blowing her cover could get her killed. She’s pretty sure things can’t get much worse. Antimony Price is about to learn just how wrong it’s possible for one cryptozoologist to be.
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I liked Antimony even better than her siblings, which was a surprise. The best thing about this series is still the Aeslin mice. :P
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This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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And you shouldn't believe all the press about Ouija boards. They can't be used in an exorcism. Trivial Pursuit can, but that's another story.
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If there's one thing in this world that I know I can rely on, it's the joyous cheering of the Aeslin mice.
I've been looking forward to this because it's told from Antimony's POV. I've kind of always liked Antimony despite her sour relationship with Verity, and this book goes some ways towards explaining just WHY their relationship is sour. Which I like, because I sympathise with Antimony's situation in my own way.
Additionally, this book brings in a more nuanced portrayal of the Price family and the Covenant. Covenant are still right bastards of course, and nothing's going to change that, but certain individual members might not be beyond redemption - or at least I hope that's the case. I also really liked seeing how the Price family has to...well, pay a price for what Verity did in the last book. “No good deed” and all that. Deffo looking forward to the next book to see how Antimony handles what's happened to her in this one.
Series
12 primary books25 released booksInCryptid is a 25-book series with 12 primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Seanan McGuire. The next book is scheduled for release on 3/11/2025.
One Hell of a Ride
No Place Like Home
Married in Green
Sweet Poison Wine
The First Fall