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A review by katyanaish
Dark Harvest Magic by Christine Castle, Jayne Faith
2.0
This book really suffered from asshole-itis. By which I mean, 95% of the characters are assholes.
Deb is an asshole.
Lynette is an asshole.
Johnny is an asshole.
Pretty much everyone in the police and SC force is an asshole, except Damien.
And worst of all, Ella is an asshole. A huge, TSTL asshole. Her ego is so mammoth that she just runs roughshod over everyone, assuming she knows best about every damn thing, even though you could put all her magical experience in a shot glass and still have room for a shot. I hate how she lets herself get manipulated by everyone - Deb, Lynette, the SC people - and it made me honestly hate those people. But then she does nothing to change the situation. And then she is adamant that ONLY she can handle the situation, and she decides to leave everyone vulnerable by blowing off the plan and going off to do her lone cowboy thing. And even when that blows up in her face, she doesn't take the lesson that she needs to get her ego under control. No, she just makes her next plan to use people and do her own thing.
She never thinks, for one damn second, about the consequences. And that makes her as bad as Lynette. And Lynette - - is evil. There's no excuse for what she did. It's evil. And the fact that Deb doesn't see a problem with it, and is in fact happy with the results, means Deb is trash.
I don't think I'll continue on with this series, because I basically want everyone to die. There's not one primary character that I'm rooting for. I like Damien a lot, but he's sidelined and barely developed. So ... yeah. I think I'm done.
Deb is an asshole.
Lynette is an asshole.
Johnny is an asshole.
Pretty much everyone in the police and SC force is an asshole, except Damien.
And worst of all, Ella is an asshole. A huge, TSTL asshole. Her ego is so mammoth that she just runs roughshod over everyone, assuming she knows best about every damn thing, even though you could put all her magical experience in a shot glass and still have room for a shot. I hate how she lets herself get manipulated by everyone - Deb, Lynette, the SC people - and it made me honestly hate those people. But then she does nothing to change the situation. And then she is adamant that ONLY she can handle the situation, and she decides to leave everyone vulnerable by blowing off the plan and going off to do her lone cowboy thing. And even when that blows up in her face, she doesn't take the lesson that she needs to get her ego under control. No, she just makes her next plan to use people and do her own thing.
She never thinks, for one damn second, about the consequences. And that makes her as bad as Lynette. And Lynette -
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robbing her of free will to bind her magically and financially to the covenI don't think I'll continue on with this series, because I basically want everyone to die. There's not one primary character that I'm rooting for. I like Damien a lot, but he's sidelined and barely developed. So ... yeah. I think I'm done.