A review by iffer
The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff

2.0

This wasn't terrible, but I wouldn't recommend it. The book is not written tightly, to the point that I thought that I was missing parts of it, only to find out that the story and world-building weren't written clearly. In general, I'm not the type of reader to who likes info-dumps, and who enjoys being immersed into the action and setting right away. However, how the magic system works in this series is never really explained other than implications that power = sex, particularly with family who are genetically different enough to mitigate the worst effects of inbreeding :/ Bleh. Why are there so many fantasy series, especially UF and PNR that seem like excuses for repressed women to be able to read/use as a a springboard for sexual fantasies without reading books clearly classified and marketed as explicit romance/smut/erotica?