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jackdaniel42 's review for:
A Mage's Guide to Human Familiars
by A.J. Sherwood
I really wanted to love this more. I was so excited for an MMM book, and the concept was great. Although I wasn't overly crazy about Nico's energy at first, I got on board with all the characters. I was even OK with the semi-insta-love between the three. It's just...too often I felt like we were moving through things step by step in a checklist.
Event: Person A becomes a familiar
To Do:
- Get his job moved - Check
- Talk to family - Check
- Everyone OK with this? - Check
Event: Main characters end up in Poly relationship
To Do:
- All people in relationship OK with this? - Check
- Coworkers OK with this? - Check
- Person A's family OK with this? - Check
- Person B's family OK with this? - Check
- etc
On top of that, the humor didn't do it for me. Sometimes it was funny, other times I felt like we were set up for the joke. By the end I had to push to finish which is why my rating went from 3 to a 2 stars. :-(
Event: Person A becomes a familiar
To Do:
- Get his job moved - Check
- Talk to family - Check
- Everyone OK with this? - Check
Event: Main characters end up in Poly relationship
To Do:
- All people in relationship OK with this? - Check
- Coworkers OK with this? - Check
- Person A's family OK with this? - Check
- Person B's family OK with this? - Check
- etc
On top of that, the humor didn't do it for me. Sometimes it was funny, other times I felt like we were set up for the joke. By the end I had to push to finish which is why my rating went from 3 to a 2 stars. :-(