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A review by bookcub
I'm a Gay Wizard by V.S. Santoni
3.0
I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
There were parts of this book I enjoyed, and parts I did not, but overall, I found it easy to read and interesting.
My favorite part of this book was the friendship between Johnny and Alison. They had their own, tiny little family, and adored each other. Their scenes remain my favorite and I love all this history and backstory that has them bonded and all of their interactions are heartwarming, in one way or another.
Johnny was the kind of character I got more information from the people around him about him than I did in his own narrative. He was hard to get a feel for as a protagonist and not very interesting, especially compared to Alison.
The love story between him and Hunter was very rushed but they had excellent chemistry and I thought they were very sweet together.
The pacing went from rushed, so I was completely confused with the plot or dragged on, so I was wondering when anything relevant would happen.
This was one of my least favorite magic school books, not because I hated the school, but because we never really got a feel for the school. Or any kind of education on how magic worked. The magic in the book was hard to follow. It felt unimportant.
The queer rep was great!!! I didn't love the parts with homophobia and transphobia, but they were some of the realest parts. Johnny never felt like the Gay Friend (tm) and Alison never felt like she was trans for the Angst. There were other minor queer characters as well, and I loved seeing it be mentioned casually as well throughout the story.
To sum up, I think this book should have either been longer or fewer story lines.
There were parts of this book I enjoyed, and parts I did not, but overall, I found it easy to read and interesting.
My favorite part of this book was the friendship between Johnny and Alison. They had their own, tiny little family, and adored each other. Their scenes remain my favorite and I love all this history and backstory that has them bonded and all of their interactions are heartwarming, in one way or another.
Johnny was the kind of character I got more information from the people around him about him than I did in his own narrative. He was hard to get a feel for as a protagonist and not very interesting, especially compared to Alison.
The love story between him and Hunter was very rushed but they had excellent chemistry and I thought they were very sweet together.
The pacing went from rushed, so I was completely confused with the plot or dragged on, so I was wondering when anything relevant would happen.
This was one of my least favorite magic school books, not because I hated the school, but because we never really got a feel for the school. Or any kind of education on how magic worked. The magic in the book was hard to follow. It felt unimportant.
The queer rep was great!!! I didn't love the parts with homophobia and transphobia, but they were some of the realest parts. Johnny never felt like the Gay Friend (tm) and Alison never felt like she was trans for the Angst. There were other minor queer characters as well, and I loved seeing it be mentioned casually as well throughout the story.
To sum up, I think this book should have either been longer or fewer story lines.