About The Innocent Sleep
For one bright, shining moment, Tybalt, King of Cats, had everything he had ever wanted. He was soon to set his crown aside; he had married the woman he loved; he was going to be a father. After centuries of searching for a family of his own, he had finally found a way to construct the life of his dreams, and was looking forward to a period of peace—or at least as much peace as is ever in the offing for the husband of a hero.
Alas for Tybalt and his domestic aspirations, fate—and Titania—had other ideas. His perfect world had been complete for only a moment when it was ripped away, to be replaced by hers. Titania, Faerie’s Summer Queen, Mother of Illusions and enemy of so many he holds dear, has seized control of the Kingdom, remaking it in her own image. An image which does not include meddlesome shapeshifters getting in her way. Tybalt quickly finds himself banished from her reality, along with the Undersea and the rest of the Court of Cats.
To protect his people and his future, Tybalt must find the woman he loves in a world designed to keep her from him, convince her that he’s not a stranger trying to ruin her life for no apparent reason, and get her to unmake the illusion she’s been firmly enmeshed in. And he’ll have to do it all while she doesn’t know him, and every unrecognizing look is a knife to his heart.
For Tybalt, King of Cats, the happily ever after was just the beginning.
- Complete Title: The Innocent Sleep (October Daye, #18)
- Format: Hardcover
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 368
- Publication Time: October 24, 2023
- Publisher: DAW Books
- ISBN: 0756416809
- ISBN13: 9780756416805
About Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire
Hi! I’m Seanan McGuire, author of the Toby Daye series (Rosemary and Rue, A Local Habitation, An Artificial Night, Late Eclipses), as well as a lot of other things. I’m also Mira Grant (www.miragrant.com), author of Feed and Deadline.
Born and raised in Northern California, I fear weather and am remarkably laid-back about rattlesnakes. I watch too many horror movies, read too many comic books, and share my house with two monsters in feline form, Lilly and Alice (Siamese and Maine Coon).
I do not check this inbox. Please don’t send me messages through Goodreads; they won’t be answered. I don’t want to have to delete this account. 🙁
Reviews The Innocent Sleep
Twice-told talesIn Sleep No More Seanan McGuire tells the story of Toby’s fight against Titania’s attempt to rewrite all of faerie the way she wants it to be. In Sleep No More this story is told in th…
L
This review was originally posted on Books of My HeartReview copy was received from NetGalley. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.4.5 heartsThe Innocent Sleep is…
Robin (Bridge Four)
I love the author and have read all the books in the October Daye series. I was lucky enough to get ARCs of books #17 and #18. The Innocent Sleep” by Seanan McGuire is #18 in the series, recapping the…
Gali
This one is fine, I guess… It’s the exact same story as was told in the preceding book, Sleep No More, except that one was told from October’s point of view and this one is told from Tybalt’s. It’s…
Craig
I didn’t quite finish the re-read, but there was no way I would wait. Ok, it’s true the basic plot is the same of the book that came out last month just told from another perspective. Let me be cl…
Mallory
Thanks to Netgalley and DAW for gifting me an early copy of this SECOND October Daye book releasing this year!This one, best read immediately after SLEEP NO MORE, is the first full length novel in the…
Steven
I was delighted to hear we were getting Tybalt’s perspective of events as they unfolded in Sleep No More with The Innocent Sleep. It allowed us to see what Toby’s love and friends were doing to re…
☕️Kimberly (Caffeinated Reviewer)
**ARC provided in exchange for an honest review**The Innocent Sleep follows Tybalt, King of Cats, who loses his perfect life when Titania, the Summer Queen, takes over. Banished and unrecognized by th…
Betül
I wasn’t sure what to think of this one since it was not going to be from Toby’s point of view and the previous book was basically the same story. I was blown away by how good this book was. Even thou…