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4.16 AVERAGE

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4.5
adventurous funny informative reflective relaxing tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Dominai is a forest guide that has been injured and seeks magical training after a recommendation from a woman he helped through the woods. A VERY kinky training in several kinds of magic and he finds clues about the whereabouts of kidnapped wizards. They're held captive and adapted to cast magic against their will by mages ousted by the Crux. Dom and friends save them, he gains his first mastery and is well rewarded with a gangbang. 
adventurous emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous emotional funny informative relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

DNF 65%
I was excited for this book, I knew going in I was in for a spicy, kinky ride. The author was great about trigger warnings and the concept was so exciting and original to me. I’d heard the storyline was good as well and it wasn’t all sex. I’m 60% through this thing and the plot is non existent. The guy Don seems to be some super adept who can do anything perfect for his first try. Think magical snowflake MC but with sex. The sex scenes are PLENTIFUL but just didn’t interest me. I’ve read BDSM books in the past and love them. Yes some of the kinks (I’m looking at you pony-play) were not to my personal liking but that’s not what bothered me/ I think what got to me is it felt so impersonal. There was no real connection with the characters except Dom and Olbric and even then it was surface level. Everything felt surface level, no depth of character there, absolutely no movement in the already thin plot. I was so disappointed and seeing I had 100 pages to go this book just lost my interest. 
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DID NOT FINISH

The concept is way better than the writing. I would’ve loved more world-building and character development. I think it’s decent porn, but it’s not a very good novel.

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I liked the positive and healthy depictions of sex and kink, and how casually the sexually and racially diverse cast is treated. The characters were all very likable too, and since nothing much happens plotwise for almost the entire book, it was nice to read a chapter every other evening. 
That's also why I'm not rating it higher though because while I didn't expect much plot going in, I do wish there had been some more. It's all very focused on Dom's sexual experiences and while that was nice and well done, it didn't leave room for much else. But as a Sex Wizards book about wizards who have sex... nailed it. 


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