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A review by whitneydr
Body Magic by Poppy Dennison
3.0
This is book two in Dennison’s Triad series. I liked the first book a lot, but this one was bit disappointing.
On the one hand, I’m glad Dennison did a follow up with Simon and Gray because book one, Mind Magic, left such an open ending and unanswered questions. Body Magic pretty much starts where book one left off. I was fine with that. At first.
The plot blurb to this book is not at all accurate. This book is maybe 30% Rocky and Cade, and 70% Simon and Gray and I think that should’ve been made clear. I liked seeing what Simon and Gray were up to, but there wasn’t much to Rocky and Cade’s side of the story, which is what the blurb alludes to. So I wish the book blurb had been more honest about what the book was about. I just wish that Rocky and Cade had more development and Simon and Gray had their own continuing book.
I did like that Cade was a biracial black man. Is the man on the cover supposed to be him? His skin is described in different shades in contrast to Rocky, but I assumed he was darker so the cover makes it confusing.
The world-building is very visual without being long-winded, which I like. There’s still a lot we don’t know with regards to the different magics, which I’m sure will be revealed at the series goes on.
Overall, I liked the characters and the writing style (though the chapter breaks were in weird places to me). I’m just not sure if I’ll continue the series, though.
2.5 out of 5 stars.
On the one hand, I’m glad Dennison did a follow up with Simon and Gray because book one, Mind Magic, left such an open ending and unanswered questions. Body Magic pretty much starts where book one left off. I was fine with that. At first.
The plot blurb to this book is not at all accurate. This book is maybe 30% Rocky and Cade, and 70% Simon and Gray and I think that should’ve been made clear. I liked seeing what Simon and Gray were up to, but there wasn’t much to Rocky and Cade’s side of the story, which is what the blurb alludes to. So I wish the book blurb had been more honest about what the book was about. I just wish that Rocky and Cade had more development and Simon and Gray had their own continuing book.
I did like that Cade was a biracial black man. Is the man on the cover supposed to be him? His skin is described in different shades in contrast to Rocky, but I assumed he was darker so the cover makes it confusing.
The world-building is very visual without being long-winded, which I like. There’s still a lot we don’t know with regards to the different magics, which I’m sure will be revealed at the series goes on.
Overall, I liked the characters and the writing style (though the chapter breaks were in weird places to me). I’m just not sure if I’ll continue the series, though.
2.5 out of 5 stars.