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L'Esprit De La Magie (2014)

by Poppy Dennison(Favorite Author)

4.14 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1623807689 (ISBN13: 9781623807689)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Dreamspinner Press

series

Triad

review 1: OK, I know that m/m romance is often (maybe even more often than not) targeted toward women and the characters and their relationships mirror m/f relationships, using a man as an avatar of sorts. I get that. I don't read m/m romance expecting realistic gay relationships or characters. It's a plus when they show up, but I know not to expect it on the whole.Having said all that I was disturbed by how strongly and recognisably Simon's character evolved into that of a mother in this book. Everything from the way he couldn't or wouldn't focus on anything before or beyond the safety of the children, to his propensity to cry, to his manner of overcoming the antagonist by sacrificing himself (a strong and often used trope for female characters) screamed mama and I found it an unfo... morertunate simplification of his character. It was like all of his other character traits were washed out.The writing here was fine. Even the tendency to overuse names/titles in dialogue, that I've complained of in both the previous books, only showed up in the children's dialogue. (Though, it showed up in almost every sentence out of Garon or Riley's mouth.) However, I have to say there was a whole lot more time dedicated to strategy planning and what-if discussions than actual action. Honestly, I was a bit bored by it all.Further, Liam and Cormac's relationship was at most a minor side story. There was no buildup or development. It felt like all of that was supposed to have come previously, but just because the men knew each other doesn't mean the reader had seen a relationship develop. I'll admit that the scene when they went hunting together was probably the hottest of the series (and it almost wasn't even a sex scene, 'cause the following sex wasn't as hot as the hunt), but it wasn't enough to carry their story arc. It just felt like either a distraction from the main plot or a woefully underdeveloped story of its own. Too bad, I think they may have been my favorite pairing.
review 2: I have mixed feelings about this book. The first two (which I went back and reread before reading this) sucked me in and I really enjoyed reading them. There's just something about this that threw me off. I didn't really feel the relationship between Cormac and Liam, it just seemed a little out of left field for me. I really see nothing connecting the two of them together in the first two stories (like the other two couples) then bam, they're interested in each other and together. So for me that wasn't very believable after the first two books.However the rest of the plot and twists in this story was enjoyable. less

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