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A review by see_sadie_read
Warlock for Hire by Sean Stone
3.0
I'm actually listening to the compilation of the first three books in this series. But if I wait until I finish to review them I won't remember what I thought of each individual book. So, I'm going to review them as I go.
I thought this was basically ok. I love urban fantasy and Stone has set up an interesting magical world. I appreciated that Eddie isn't all alpha-male—willing to get beaten up, jokes about only having an average size penis, admitting he's not good at things. My primary problem (and the reason I say it's only ok in my opinion) is that I didn't much like him. His arrogance and casual objectification of women as humor annoyed me. I wasn't offended or in a feminist rage or anything, I just thought it was uninteresting and boring. Why would I want to read about a guy whose idea of humor is barely above that of the average yabbo? I avoid them in real life, I'm not interested in cluttering my reading with them.
Similarly, I disliked that while Eddie failed at things he was still presented as capable. The female lead however was useless, so weak that she couldn't even be let in on the plan she's instrumental to. She is little more than a foil for Eddie to shine before. That's a pretty big 'Meh' inducer for me.
All in all, I have the next two books (as I said, I'm listening to the compilation) and I'll read them. I liked Warlock for Hire enough to continue the series, but maybe not enough to be in a hurry about it. Maybe men will enjoy this more than I did. I kind of sense that's closer to the intended audience. Fair enough.
I thought this was basically ok. I love urban fantasy and Stone has set up an interesting magical world. I appreciated that Eddie isn't all alpha-male—willing to get beaten up, jokes about only having an average size penis, admitting he's not good at things. My primary problem (and the reason I say it's only ok in my opinion) is that I didn't much like him. His arrogance and casual objectification of women as humor annoyed me. I wasn't offended or in a feminist rage or anything, I just thought it was uninteresting and boring. Why would I want to read about a guy whose idea of humor is barely above that of the average yabbo? I avoid them in real life, I'm not interested in cluttering my reading with them.
Similarly, I disliked that while Eddie failed at things he was still presented as capable. The female lead however was useless, so weak that she couldn't even be let in on the plan she's instrumental to. She is little more than a foil for Eddie to shine before. That's a pretty big 'Meh' inducer for me.
All in all, I have the next two books (as I said, I'm listening to the compilation) and I'll read them. I liked Warlock for Hire enough to continue the series, but maybe not enough to be in a hurry about it. Maybe men will enjoy this more than I did. I kind of sense that's closer to the intended audience. Fair enough.