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The Sumage Solution by Gail Carriger, G.L. Carriger
3.0
3 Stars
Look. I absolutely adored the [b:The 5th Gender|44554614|The 5th Gender (Tinkered Stars, #1)|G.L. Carriger|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1553125392l/44554614._SY75_.jpg|66444756], and this is a very good MM romance with very little fault to it. I think it will be liked by many people (and already has) because it’s got plenty of goodies. There’s different kinds of mages, shifters, and other creatures. There’s werewolf packs and a fated mates trope with lots of varied smexy, all of which was well put together.
However, and I mean this in the nicest way, the obstacles that present themselves as challenges for Max and Brian were just… too simple, or I guess to myself, these types of roadblocks I’ve seen done many times in my very long history of reading both supernatural/paranormal/urban fantasy MF and MM, sooooo the miscommunication, the no communication, the assumptions galore and self sacrifice when no sacrifice was ever needed, just did not titillate me as much as it might've done so in the past.
Points for snark and banter and a good audible narration by Kirt Graves, this was very reminiscent of Carriger’s MF steampunk series that I enjoyed eons ago, both having a good amount of fun and lightness with this having some dark undertones of abuse and homophobia.
Again, many have loved this and no doubt will continue to do so with this series and with obvious good reasons. Sadly, my world just wasn’t as rocked as I wanted it to be.
Look. I absolutely adored the [b:The 5th Gender|44554614|The 5th Gender (Tinkered Stars, #1)|G.L. Carriger|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1553125392l/44554614._SY75_.jpg|66444756], and this is a very good MM romance with very little fault to it. I think it will be liked by many people (and already has) because it’s got plenty of goodies. There’s different kinds of mages, shifters, and other creatures. There’s werewolf packs and a fated mates trope with lots of varied smexy, all of which was well put together.
However, and I mean this in the nicest way, the obstacles that present themselves as challenges for Max and Brian were just… too simple, or I guess to myself, these types of roadblocks I’ve seen done many times in my very long history of reading both supernatural/paranormal/urban fantasy MF and MM, sooooo the miscommunication, the no communication, the assumptions galore and self sacrifice when no sacrifice was ever needed, just did not titillate me as much as it might've done so in the past.
Points for snark and banter and a good audible narration by Kirt Graves, this was very reminiscent of Carriger’s MF steampunk series that I enjoyed eons ago, both having a good amount of fun and lightness with this having some dark undertones of abuse and homophobia.
Again, many have loved this and no doubt will continue to do so with this series and with obvious good reasons. Sadly, my world just wasn’t as rocked as I wanted it to be.