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A review by redheadbeans
A Destiny of Dragons by T.J. Klune
2.0
It took me a long time to read this, which was largely unrelated to the book, but the book itself really didn't help. It's a bit of a drag. I'm not sure how, given this is apparently shorter than book 1, but it's a drag. It also doesn't help with how frequent the use of a slur against the Roma is used, or the weird reverse racism stuff. This book released in 2017. There really isn't an excuse for this. It serves no purpose other than being in very bad taste, at best. I mean maybe there could have been argument how even the marginalized can be bigots, but it's handled very badly here by being transformed into... what it is.
The dynamics aren't that different from book 1, other than there's no mutual pining (not really), just actual partners in relationships. The problem is likely that Kevin is in most of the story this time around, and he is very, very annoying. I'm okay with sex humor - even kinky sex humor - but this one really pushed my limits. It's repetitive, distracting, and... just kind of dumb, honestly. While book 1 was funny to the point that I laughed myself silly, this one is almost nonstop bad sex jokes, and it's... relentless in a bad way.
The plot itself is slow and uninteresting. There isn't really character development so much as 70% of the book is sex jokes, and the characters occasionally change setting. A sort of lust triangle (it's not a love triangle) didn't help, and it's honestly one of the worst triangles I've seen. I dislike like them normally anyway, and that the narrative kind of opens it to not being a problem doesn't help with how pointless it feels.
I don't know if I'll continue. I'd like to read book 5 when it comes out, so I probably will, but given how disappointing this was, and how I know bad things happen in book 3... I can't say I'm that excited.
If you want books about magic boyfriends and kinky relationships, try Pia Foxhall's "Fae Tales" stories. If you want stories about mages dealing with all kinds of relationships and world-ending problems, try Tamora Pierce's "Circle of Magic". I don't know if it's possible to skip this one and still enjoy the series but... if it is possible, I would.
The dynamics aren't that different from book 1, other than there's no mutual pining (not really), just actual partners in relationships. The problem is likely that Kevin is in most of the story this time around, and he is very, very annoying. I'm okay with sex humor - even kinky sex humor - but this one really pushed my limits. It's repetitive, distracting, and... just kind of dumb, honestly. While book 1 was funny to the point that I laughed myself silly, this one is almost nonstop bad sex jokes, and it's... relentless in a bad way.
The plot itself is slow and uninteresting. There isn't really character development so much as 70% of the book is sex jokes, and the characters occasionally change setting. A sort of lust triangle (it's not a love triangle) didn't help, and it's honestly one of the worst triangles I've seen. I dislike like them normally anyway, and that the narrative kind of opens it to not being a problem doesn't help with how pointless it feels.
I don't know if I'll continue. I'd like to read book 5 when it comes out, so I probably will, but given how disappointing this was, and how I know bad things happen in book 3... I can't say I'm that excited.
If you want books about magic boyfriends and kinky relationships, try Pia Foxhall's "Fae Tales" stories. If you want stories about mages dealing with all kinds of relationships and world-ending problems, try Tamora Pierce's "Circle of Magic". I don't know if it's possible to skip this one and still enjoy the series but... if it is possible, I would.