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License to Ensorcell by Katharine Kerr
2.0
It was...okay. I didn't hate it, but I won't be tracking down the subsequent books in the series.
I thought it was promising but hampered by half-hearted world building, and characters that weren't particularly likeable. Ari seemed to spend most of his time "growling" under his breath, which I found irritating. Nola has an eating disorder that she's in denial about, and yet from the sound of it, none of her family have really tried to help her. And despite a big romance between Ari and Nola, they have very little chemistry.
The use of "agency" shorthand in the story was frustrating, because I kept having to stop and flip back to find out what they were talking about. Nola's big Irish Catholic family had - not surprisingly - so many members that it was tricky to keep track of them all and their different supernatural powers.
Basically, too much detail, not enough actual plot.
I thought it was promising but hampered by half-hearted world building, and characters that weren't particularly likeable. Ari seemed to spend most of his time "growling" under his breath, which I found irritating. Nola has an eating disorder that she's in denial about, and yet from the sound of it, none of her family have really tried to help her. And despite a big romance between Ari and Nola, they have very little chemistry.
The use of "agency" shorthand in the story was frustrating, because I kept having to stop and flip back to find out what they were talking about. Nola's big Irish Catholic family had - not surprisingly - so many members that it was tricky to keep track of them all and their different supernatural powers.
Basically, too much detail, not enough actual plot.