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A review by mothwing
Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey
1.0
Aaaaand we're back to the completely overwrought and dramatic. The second novel in this series is the only one which does not live up to its over-the-top cover. There were several things that bugged me so much that I almost did not finish this series:
- Creepy Age Difference. For some reason, this is incredibly common in M/M fiction. And. Yuck. I'm not talking about younger teens dating older, though of age teens, I'm talking people in their thirties dating people who are 16/17 years old. It's downright creepy and makes me think really badly of your character. Also of the author who includes so many of these couples.
- Rape. Author changes the POV character for this one and... sigh. Was that necessary? Do we need this to happen? I could have survived without, frankly.
- Soulmates. I always think soulmate storylines are foolish and best left alone, this one in these books is especially saccharine and frankly unnecessary. I would have more respect for this entire thing if the two teenaged characters had merely thought they were ~magic~ soulmates, only to discover when grown that that does not exist. THAT would have been something.
- Calling women bitches. I do not care how lovingly it is meant. It automatically makes me lose respect for the character who calls women names, especially that one.
In general, I got the impression that our author had a specific view of gay men when she wrote this and either this stereotype aged really badly or they never existed in the first place and she just ought to not have done that. Since our author is a woman these things come across to me as very creepy rather than just as bad writing.
- Creepy Age Difference. For some reason, this is incredibly common in M/M fiction. And. Yuck. I'm not talking about younger teens dating older, though of age teens, I'm talking people in their thirties dating people who are 16/17 years old. It's downright creepy and makes me think really badly of your character. Also of the author who includes so many of these couples.
- Rape. Author changes the POV character for this one and... sigh. Was that necessary? Do we need this to happen? I could have survived without, frankly.
- Soulmates. I always think soulmate storylines are foolish and best left alone, this one in these books is especially saccharine and frankly unnecessary. I would have more respect for this entire thing if the two teenaged characters had merely thought they were ~magic~ soulmates, only to discover when grown that that does not exist. THAT would have been something.
- Calling women bitches. I do not care how lovingly it is meant. It automatically makes me lose respect for the character who calls women names, especially that one.
In general, I got the impression that our author had a specific view of gay men when she wrote this and either this stereotype aged really badly or they never existed in the first place and she just ought to not have done that. Since our author is a woman these things come across to me as very creepy rather than just as bad writing.