I feel unable to give this an accurate rating until I've finished The Innocent Sleep, but 4 will do for now. That's one of the problems with parallel narratives, isn't it? It's impossible to judge one on its own without the other. 

If you've read this far in the series (I can't imagine starting at the 17th book, but there will be some spoilers for what has come before after this point), you should remember that the last book left us on our first ever Toby cliffhanger, with Titania having swept October off to the Summerlands, but without her true memories of the life she's lived and the family she's built for herself along the way. 

I had kind of a difficult time reading the thoughts of this October who is not OUR October at first, but was impressed at McGuire's ability to write her as someone who was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike the Toby we've followed for 16 books. I loved the little peeks we'd get at Toby Prime poking through, thoughts that NuToby would never have. I laughed that this October

hates pants, never drinks coffee, and TAKES BATHS.

But it did feel like the set-up took a very long time (we don't even see my best girl

the Luidaeg

until 51%, which oughta be a fuckin crime) in getting there, and then the resolution just kind of...happened. 

Obviously, this is a must read if you're a fan of the series, and it IS a strong entry. I can't wait to find out what happens next, I just wish the front half was a little less bloated, and some of that padding were moved to the end.