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Apr 25, 2019rjd1 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
The Good: Uses complete sentences with acceptable punctuation. The Bad: Unlikeable, selfish protagonists. Attempts to mix magic with sci-fi (no, I won’t use “science fiction” with this title), by making up a currently undiscovered gland in everyone’s brain, with no accompanying explanation of how it remained undiscovered for so long, or why, the highly visible, nearly universal abilities it grants were not commonly known. They (author’s preferred pronoun) choose a word that sounds vaguely biological (cardioid), but has no corresponding meaning for this imaginary gland. They then misappropriate a medical term (dystocia), that means difficult childbirth, to name a condition which makes the person unable to “spark” their fingers to use magic. Yes, this is how they propose to cast spells, by generating sparks with your fingers. The plot lines felt very derivative. I was unable to read to the end of the 2nd chapter. The author claims to also write horror fiction; I was certainly horrified by this!