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And then we reached book five, ONE SALT SEA, wherein I decided to answer the question "just how disgustingly self-indulgent can I be in a single book?" It's all about MERMAIDS. Punchy, punchy mermaids, and the punchiest mermaid of all is Dianda Lorden.
Toby rides a screaming, furious mermaid in a wheelchair down a hill into the San Francisco Bay. That scene alone marks this as my most self-indulgent book, period.
(Also, the dedication is an almost direct quote from an MTV mockumentary about boy bands. I have a brand, and that brand is WEIRD AS FUCK.)
By the time we hit ONE SALT SEA, the scope of the world had been well-established, and it was time to meet the aquatic fae. Dianda's husband, Patrick, is the only character with an editorial order of protection.
This is largely because killing Patrick would derail the rest of the series horrifically, replacing the next book with DIANDA LORDEN PUNCHES EVERYTHING FOREVER, PART ONE.
I'm honestly not sure Toby could ever wrest back control of her own series.
