What do you think?
Rate this book


25 pages, ebook
First published January 7, 2015

No sooner met but they looked,
No sooner looked but they loved.
—William Shakespeare, As You Like It
I loved reading this novella, seeing Tybalt court Toby and taking her on their first date. SO CUTE.
She was so much more, and always had been, even in the days when I denied myself the honest admission of loving her.
I have been wishing for their romance since the first book, and seeing these very special, sweet and romantic moments just make me so very happy.
“I need you to try your hardest not to hurt her.” Quentin looked at me with the same open sorrow that I saw sometimes on my young nephew’s face—more often, since the death of his parents, than I would have liked. “She’s my family.”
It is amazing how Seanan McGuire write such emotional short stories. In a way they don’t read like short stories at all, probably because of all the emotions she brings forth with such a limited amount of words. With this novella I was mostly ecstatic with happiness, loving the romance so much. There were even tearful moments when Quentin said that she’s his family, and I loved his response to Tybalt about his courting of Toby.
“You’ll do okay with her, I guess.”
“I appreciate your approval.”
“Oh, don’t get too cocky. I’m sort of the training wheels of the ‘if you hurt her, I will end you’ talk. Wait until May gets her hands on you.”
I grimaced. “The lady Fetch. Yes, that will be…delightful.” A thought struck me. I tensed. “She’s not lurking in the hallway waiting for you to tag her in, is she?”
“No, she’s out at the movies with Jazz. But you should get ready for her, because she’s going to come after you with all guns blazing.”
And of course the funny moments that I’ve come to expect with this series.
“I won’t pretend that you do not have the capacity to break my heart. The fact that I would trust you enough to risk the breaking of it is a compliment, and I believe in telling people when they have earned such trust from me. Would I sulk for a time, years perhaps? Yes. I am only a man. But I would return to you with my hat in my hands and ask that my friend take me back, even if my lover had journeyed forever into that strange and distant country known as ‘Memory,’ where never a living soul may go.”
She blinked once, slowly and deliberately, before putting her somewhat mangled bread to the side and saying, “You know, sometimes I can’t tell whether you realize how much you sound like a romance novel.”
“My dearest October.” I pulled myself up straight in my chair, smiling at her languidly. “The romance novels learned everything they know from me.”
Such a delightful short story. A must read for all lovers of this series. If you have not started this series yet, what are you waiting for?? You are missing out on a real treasure. READ IT.
"Ah, my dear October, as always, the sight of you can brighten a dark night like nothing else.“No Sooner Met is a cute short story about Toby and Tybalt's first date. After the other October Daye short stories I read, this one was strangely happy and optimistic.
"And as always, you are one hundred percent full of crap.“
"I would return to you with my hat in my hands and ask that my friend take me back, even if my lover had journeyed forever into that strange and distant country known as 'Memory', where never a living soul may go."Such a beautiful thought Tybalt has in response to one of Toby's concerns...sigh...