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A review by oracleofaal
The Curse Merchant by J.P. Sloan
4.0
It took awhile for me to get into this book. Dorian is not the kind of guy you want to like and that is part of the point of the book (I think) but it is still hard to read sometimes. In the end I did end up enjoying the story and most of the other characters. It definitely reminded me of Dresden but it is also very much NOT the Dresden stories.
Dorian is an orphan, trained by an older practitioner who was knowledgeable in the dark arts but Dorian doesn't touch it. His mouth gets him into more trouble than he can handle and he has a weakness for damsels in distress - even when he should clearly walk away. And he has friends that help him even though he probably doesn't deserve it.
All of this leads to a fun story that isn't entirely predictable and is quite amusing overall.
Dorian is an orphan, trained by an older practitioner who was knowledgeable in the dark arts but Dorian doesn't touch it. His mouth gets him into more trouble than he can handle and he has a weakness for damsels in distress - even when he should clearly walk away. And he has friends that help him even though he probably doesn't deserve it.
All of this leads to a fun story that isn't entirely predictable and is quite amusing overall.