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A review by mouwwie
Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
real rating is maybe 3.4 stars or so.
i have a lot of complex feelings about this book, i think. i do want to keep going with the series but i have to say it's a decision that's mostly born out of completionism rather than actual desire to invest into the story.
i loved the magic system. it sounded so intriguing and the more and more i have read the more curious i got about it. the way it's described is so captivating, and i wish we had more time to explore it in finer detail. but there was just... not a lot of that. very heavy chunk of this book is the romance and i have a lot of complicated opinions about that one
first of all, i am just glad to have some polyam romance for once in ya. every crumb of it i get makes me happy. however, considering i was excited for the magic system and plot of which there just wasn't a lot of exciting stuff going on, the amount of romance has been a bit overwhelming. and, most importantly, it took me WAY too long to give a fuck.
callum has done nothing wrong. i loved him almost immediately. but he is a pretty late introduction, and it took me way too long to care about ash and ramsay's relationship. they just felt like they don't work together very well, and the banter has been far too hostile for a really long while, to the point where for a very long time i felt like i had no idea why im supposed to be rooting for them to get together. when all three of them got entangled, it irked me the wrong way to see a lot of the jealousy subplot to be treated... like that. idk how to explain it but it just reminded me of really unpleasant experiences with my non-monogamous beginnings and soured the romance for me
side note: there was surprisingly a LOT of sexual content. all non-weird, in a very cute, glossed over way but i just didn't expect this much from a young adult book. though to be fair i also think i might be a bit old for this book - that's also a fair thing to consider
all in all, i will keep going just out of hope that ill get more from the magic system because it makes my autistic self really happy but it's been REALLY hard to get through in places
i have a lot of complex feelings about this book, i think. i do want to keep going with the series but i have to say it's a decision that's mostly born out of completionism rather than actual desire to invest into the story.
i loved the magic system. it sounded so intriguing and the more and more i have read the more curious i got about it. the way it's described is so captivating, and i wish we had more time to explore it in finer detail. but there was just... not a lot of that. very heavy chunk of this book is the romance and i have a lot of complicated opinions about that one
first of all, i am just glad to have some polyam romance for once in ya. every crumb of it i get makes me happy. however, considering i was excited for the magic system and plot of which there just wasn't a lot of exciting stuff going on, the amount of romance has been a bit overwhelming. and, most importantly, it took me WAY too long to give a fuck.
callum has done nothing wrong. i loved him almost immediately. but he is a pretty late introduction, and it took me way too long to care about ash and ramsay's relationship. they just felt like they don't work together very well, and the banter has been far too hostile for a really long while, to the point where for a very long time i felt like i had no idea why im supposed to be rooting for them to get together. when all three of them got entangled, it irked me the wrong way to see a lot of the jealousy subplot to be treated... like that. idk how to explain it but it just reminded me of really unpleasant experiences with my non-monogamous beginnings and soured the romance for me
side note: there was surprisingly a LOT of sexual content. all non-weird, in a very cute, glossed over way but i just didn't expect this much from a young adult book. though to be fair i also think i might be a bit old for this book - that's also a fair thing to consider
all in all, i will keep going just out of hope that ill get more from the magic system because it makes my autistic self really happy but it's been REALLY hard to get through in places