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Keith Frampton

Good, but...

14. Juni 2019 - Veröffentlicht auf Amazon.com

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This book is a nice continuation of a story within the DFZ universe. Enjoyable characters, events, etc.
But:
- it feels very unfinished; I appreciate it is the second book of a series, but it felt like an arbitrary word limit was reached, and the book stopped almost in the middle of a sentence, certainly in the middle of a paragraph
- 25% of the ebook isn't even the story, but introductory chapters from other of her books (which I had already bought and read). I resent paying the $$ for a book and actually getting an unfinished novella with marketing spam as filler, the author shows no respect for her readers in my opinion by doing that

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MChristopherson

Great book, but....

12. Juni 2019 - Veröffentlicht auf Amazon.com

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The good: An excellent sequel to Minimum Wage Magic. It kept me on my toes, and I liked how we got to see details of specific relationships closer in this book.

The bad: Kindle told me I had 45 minutes left in the book, and I turned the page....to a thank you for reading page. While I definitely understand it’s important for authors to pitch their other books, especially when you’re self published; it was more than a little disappointing to find out that those remaining ‘45 minutes’ were simply sales pitches for other books of hers. I own most of Rachel Aaron’s books, I tell friends and family about them. But it came off WAY too car salesmany. I was so super excited when she’d announced the release of this book earlier today. But to find so much of it was sales pitches....huge disappointment.

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Helen Savore

Like the coffee Opal is guzzling, brings you on a tense high than crashes short

20. Juni 2019 - Veröffentlicht auf Amazon.com

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It's always fun to take a step into this world where magic meets modern and mundane in a magnificent way. But one step in, and you're shoved into a crowd that you can't escape.

Opal's tenacity through such a slog is inspiring. She sticks so hard for the life she wants to live, never compromising the principle, only the approach. There's a lot we can learn from Opal. Depending on your mood this will either lift you up, or drag you down.

As others have mentioned it both ends suddenly, and maybe the last fifth is sample chapters for other works. I had to flip back when I hit then end, thinking I skipped a section or my Kindle bugged out. What I'm thinking is though we've got a shorter work here, but they're coming out faster I think, so we're getting more net story. ... Will look forward to reading this with it's partners in crime.

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Ye-Won Seo

a great sequel and addition to the dfz universe!!

13. Juni 2019 - Veröffentlicht auf Amazon.com

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I'm just going to take a moment here and say how incredible it is to read a book that has Korean representation, and not only that, but in the form of a heroine that I'm obsessed with!! I love Opal to bits, and I love how this book continues her journey from Minimum Wage Magic and now I'm here feeling bereft and empty because I want to read the next book so bad because boy does this one end on a cliffhanger.

I'm a fan of Rachel Aaron's Heartstriker series too (I actually ended up finishing the first series after I read Minimum Wage Magic) and it was nice to see some of the cameos in this book. You'll appreciate them far more if you've read the original series though (it might feel a little strange to read for those who have no idea who these people are), so this is me telling you to read the Heartstriker series too!!

More importantly, there's just something about Opal and her stubborn personality and her variety of flaws that make me love her all the more for it, because how many times have I read books with Asian characters that are all either super reserved, super nice, super demure or on the other side of the scale, super violent or rough etc etc. With Opal, you have a character that's clearly very well-rounded, and never ever feels like a caricature or just an attempt at trying to score diversity points without trying to understand the culture she's from. Yong is frustrating as a father figure, but I adore how this book lets us see more of him without it trying to justify anything that he's done (it just provides the reasons and lets the reader make their own judgement, which I find really rare in an author to pull off successfully but of course Rachel Aaron does!!) and ugh I can't say anything else right now other than the fact that I can't wait for the third book!!! I mean I can, I'll wait as along as it takes for the next one in this series because it's one of my favorites so far. It just hits all the warm and gooey book parts of my soul and reminds me why I love reading so much.

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