I got a Galley of
this book from Riverdale Avenue Books for review.
I was drawn to this
title because it was recommended for people who where looking for a more adult
version of Harry Potter. This was
nothing like an adult Harry Potter. This
book was listed as New Adult and Sci Fi & Fantasy, but that is missing one
very important marker, Erotica.
I was so excited to
start reading what they hailed the 'American Harry Potter' and on the second
page I wanted to gouge my eyes out, and it just got worse from there. First off, the main character Kyle was
suppose to go to his senior year of high school but because he's such a special
snowflake he gets to skip his senior year and jump straight into the magical
side of Harvard. From here he remains
pretty damn clueless about everything.
"So… Magic
people eat Spanish food?"
"Magic people drink soda?"
No, Kyle, they only drink the blood of innocent animals and potions with
eye of newt.
Now, at this school,
he falls in love with the very first girl he meets. She is saving her virginity for 'esoteric
studies' but they do date and get each other off, in vivid and horrifying
detail. In fact, that is pretty much the
first half of the book.
The second half is
where the plot gets involved, Alex, Kyles best friend is attacked by the Siren
that haunts the library and put into a coma.
Which means clueless little Kyle is going to try to find the Siren.
The end part where
he may or may not find the siren was the only real part that I enjoyed. It was a surprise I didn't see coming but the
ending was also horrific. ' Yes, you can now have sex with your girlfriend to save
someone's life, but she's no longer your girlfriend because she found the man
she dreamed of when she was a little girl.
Oh and you have to make her come twice. '
Not to mention the
detail to the sex scenes… Odd wording and too detailed about weird aspects of
it. Not to mention it was like 75% of
the book. Honestly I've read better erotica
in fanfictions. This was just
horrible.
Needless to say I
will not be continuing this series.
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