Chetana reviewed Dark Wizard by Jeffe Kennedy
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2 stars
2⭐️
I was disappointed by the book. I expected to like it a lot better than I did. The magic system sounded great on the blurb but the execution fell sort in that it didn't make a lot of sense.
I get that Familiars are the lesser of the magical people and they need wizards to be able to expend excess magical energy. their society or the Convocation as it is called here has set up a lot of rules that inhibit a familiars freedom. It is implied that being a wizard or familiar is more of a biological thing and that was different. I get why Nic ran. I mean who would want to live as a familiar when you are treated as a non entity. But when she realizes she has a Fascination or in our terms an irrational liking to Gabriel she runs because then she would …
2⭐️
I was disappointed by the book. I expected to like it a lot better than I did. The magic system sounded great on the blurb but the execution fell sort in that it didn't make a lot of sense.
I get that Familiars are the lesser of the magical people and they need wizards to be able to expend excess magical energy. their society or the Convocation as it is called here has set up a lot of rules that inhibit a familiars freedom. It is implied that being a wizard or familiar is more of a biological thing and that was different. I get why Nic ran. I mean who would want to live as a familiar when you are treated as a non entity. But when she realizes she has a Fascination or in our terms an irrational liking to Gabriel she runs because then she would be compelled to do whatever he wants.
I feel like Nic whined a lot about how she has no rights under convocation laws but when Gabriel who was brought up outside of the convocation and wants to give her those rights she says that is not how things are done. It is like she is 2 people. She despairs of having no freedom but when he tries to challenge her views on how a familiar can be treated better she says that is not how it is done. It isn't even like she is stating that you cannot over throw a centuries old tradition over night and that you have to go about it with more care but that she outright denies it has to change at all. Nic confused me with her dual characters. With how I feel about this book I don't think I will be going on with this series, but who knows what the future will bring.