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A review by alicesbookrecs
Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender
4.0
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- LGBTQ+
- Magic/alchemy
- Enemies to lovers
- Polyamory
- Standalone (?)
- Betrayal
- 4.5 stars -
A spellbinding fantasy about power, inequality, and love, that draws you in from the very first page.
Infinity Alchemist follows Ash, who’s learning alchemy in secret despite it being illegal without a license. Ramsey, a genius apprentice, catches Ash in the act, forcing him to work with them in exchange for keeping this quiet. The two then embark on a search for the legendary book of source together, a sacred text that gives its reader extraordinary power.
I loved this book so much! The plot was easy to follow and the word building was so simple but effective. The book features alchemists who practice different kinds of alchemy, which is essentially magic, and is split into different levels of tiers depending on its difficulty.
I loved the characters in this - they were all amazingly developed, each going through their own struggles and character development. Ramsey was probably my favourite, I loved their cold yet soft characterisation, and the trauma that they went through just made me so attached to them. I also quickly feel in love with Callum and his characterisation of strength and softness - he’s just a soft bean and I love him.
The relationships in the book were also a nice surprise. I was really not expecting the book to feature polyamory, but it just worked so well; I absolutely adored the relationship between Ash, Ramsey and Callum and wish we could have seen more of them together.
Thank you so much to the publishers for sending me an arc of this - all opinions are my own
- LGBTQ+
- Magic/alchemy
- Enemies to lovers
- Polyamory
- Standalone (?)
- Betrayal
- 4.5 stars -
A spellbinding fantasy about power, inequality, and love, that draws you in from the very first page.
Infinity Alchemist follows Ash, who’s learning alchemy in secret despite it being illegal without a license. Ramsey, a genius apprentice, catches Ash in the act, forcing him to work with them in exchange for keeping this quiet. The two then embark on a search for the legendary book of source together, a sacred text that gives its reader extraordinary power.
I loved this book so much! The plot was easy to follow and the word building was so simple but effective. The book features alchemists who practice different kinds of alchemy, which is essentially magic, and is split into different levels of tiers depending on its difficulty.
I loved the characters in this - they were all amazingly developed, each going through their own struggles and character development. Ramsey was probably my favourite, I loved their cold yet soft characterisation, and the trauma that they went through just made me so attached to them. I also quickly feel in love with Callum and his characterisation of strength and softness - he’s just a soft bean and I love him.
The relationships in the book were also a nice surprise. I was really not expecting the book to feature polyamory, but it just worked so well; I absolutely adored the relationship between Ash, Ramsey and Callum and wish we could have seen more of them together.
Thank you so much to the publishers for sending me an arc of this - all opinions are my own