69) One Salt Sea, by
seanan_mcguire Yay for Toby books! 5th in the series; if you haven't read them, start with Rosemary and Rue; I'll try not to be spoilery here.
I don't like plot-summary reviews, because they're always a little spoilery, so I'll just say that that was NOT how I expected the particular interpersonal situation to resolve. Gracious. Seanan, is your middle name Joss? :P