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findthatbook2018-08-10 06:01 pm
full_metal_ox) wrote in findthatbook2018-08-10 06:01 pm
What fantasy author portrayed a race of compulsively reverent mice?
(Crossposted to whatwasthatbook.)
I seem to recall that said author was a woman, and the series as fairly recent/ongoing. The Species Hat of these mice was a compulsion to imprint religiously--the way that ducklings will imprint filially upon the first living creature they see--on whatever might happen to awe them; I recall objects of worship including a cake, an oak tree, and a chicken (I imagine the last was a short-lived denomination, to judge by various YouTube farming videos.)
The most fortunate bunch chose the protagonist and her family--who were prepared to deal with and protect eccentric sapient critters--as their pantheon.
ETA:nocowardsoul has identified the source as Seanan McGuire's InCryptid series.
whatwasthatbook.)I seem to recall that said author was a woman, and the series as fairly recent/ongoing. The Species Hat of these mice was a compulsion to imprint religiously--the way that ducklings will imprint filially upon the first living creature they see--on whatever might happen to awe them; I recall objects of worship including a cake, an oak tree, and a chicken (I imagine the last was a short-lived denomination, to judge by various YouTube farming videos.)
The most fortunate bunch chose the protagonist and her family--who were prepared to deal with and protect eccentric sapient critters--as their pantheon.
ETA:
nocowardsoul has identified the source as Seanan McGuire's InCryptid series.