'Trickery' is the first installment in the 'Curse of the Gods' series, where Willa, a dweller of the lesser race, finds herself serving the notorious Abcurses brothers - Coen, Rome, Aros, Yael, and Siret. The story follows Willa's adventures as she navigates her clumsy tendencies and attracts trouble, all while forming a unique bond with the dangerously handsome and gifted brothers. The book is known for its slow start that picks up around 20 pages in, offering a mix of humor, suspense, and a blossoming relationship that causes uproar within their community.
The writing style of 'Trickery' is described as original, hilarious, and engaging, with a strong female main character, quirky humor, and well-developed relationships. The plot unfolds with a mix of adventure, humor, and character development, making it a comfort read for many fans of paranormal fantasy romances. Readers find themselves invested in the world building and the endearing protagonist, Willa, who brings a unique perspective to the reverse harem subgenre.
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Has Romance?
There is a medium level of romance in the book, focusing mainly on the development of relationships, although explicit scenes are limited.
From The Publisher:
Willa Knight: Dweller. Slave. Non-magical being.
In Minatsol, being a dweller means that you are literally no better than dirt. In fact, dirt might actually be more useful than Willa. Her life will be one of servitude to the sols, the magic-blessed beings who could one day be chosen to become gods.
At least her outer village is far removed from the cities of the sols, and she won't ever be forced to present herself to them... Until one small mistake changes everything, and Willa is awarded a position to serve at Blesswood, the top sol academy in the world-a position that she definitely did not earn.
Under the sudden, watchful eye of the gods, she will be tasked to serve the Abcurse brothers, five sols built of arrogance, perfection and power. They are almost gods themselves, and under their service she is either going to end up sentenced to death, or else they are going to ruin her so badly that she will wish for it.
Either way, she is in trouble.
This is a full novel, 90,000 words. Book 1 of 5 in the Curse of the Gods Series more
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2 comment(s)
I was worried I was going to DNF this in the beginning, honestly, because the main male characters were so awful that they are borderline irredeemable to me.
Here's the thing. Dwellers are treated as disposable, and even then it's a bit scandalous how quickly these guys go through their slaves/dwellers - they've apparently been reprimanded about it, at least somewhat, since they were told they were only getting new recruits from now on. The implication being, of course, that it was a waste to give them trained slaves when they just killed them almost immediately. And that implication is underscored in their treatment of Willa in the first 3rd of the book. They even, at one point, make it a little competition between the 5 of them as to how fast they can get her sentenced to death.
Guys, that's gross. It makes me wonder how many people - how many Emmys, and Attis, and other dwellers - they have callously murdered just to entertain themselves.
It's hard to forgive. Scratch that, it's impossible to forgive. The only way I could honestly tolerate them as they started to change was like ... erasing out of my mind that they ever did that. Seriously, it was re-reading my highlights before my review that reminded me. And that makes it really hard to rate this.
I mean, sure, they're great with Willa now, and protective. But they're putting Emmy and Atti at risk by just involving them in their god/sol-bullshit. Willa is also a target because of them. And again, there are the countless other totally innocent people that it has been heavily implied they have killed.
I'm trying to find a reasonable point of view on it to be able to even stand the idea of them with Willa, because she's just so much better than them (as are Emmy and Atti). I guess the best way to hold it is like this: they were completely selfish, evil, utterly narcissistic bags of shit, but now they're changing because of their connection to Willa.
Can that ever make up for it though? I guess we'll see.
I don't know what I expected when I decided to read this book. Willa is an entertaining enough character, but that's pretty much the only thing that kept me reading. The other characters get no development and the guys that we're supposed to ship Willa with are flat and boring. The only thing that creates chemistry between her and the possible love interests is how hot they are, and their protective (i.g. possessive) tendencies towards her. Would not recommend this book to anyone, and definitely won't be continuing the series.
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