Chaotic by T.S. SnowMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Slow Start, But Well Worth Sticking With
This is the first book I’ve read by this author and only read it because the blurb sounded really good and it was in KU, which means if I didn’t like it I wouldn’t have spent money on it. I’m glad I took the gamble because this was a really interesting book.
The book starts slowly, but gradually increases in tempo as more and more layers are added to the world in which Charisma inhabits. Charisma is a Magical Engineer. We meet her on her graduation day from the academy which gives her the right to legally sell her work.
Charisma is 25 and was cast out from her house, where she should have been the heir, when she was 18 for being too weak in magic. In order to make ends meet she’s been selling her magical engineering skills illegally ever since.
Now it seems she has suddenly become incredibly popular with the houses, in particular the male heirs of the houses. In most cases it’s not just for her technical skills.
One of the things that nearly made me stop reading the book was the “cute, powerful girl who didn’t know her won worth and was incredibly clumsy but oh so adorable whilst she did it” main character. I am really tired of this caricature of a main character as it feels lazy when so many other people use it. However, the longer I read, the more I realised that there was a lot more to Charisma.
I liked that we didn’t have to go through the whole Academy thing. She was skilled, experienced and knew her own abilities, which is something I liked. I also liked the way the tension very slowly ramped up. This is something I like in my Reverse Harem stories. It means you get to know the characters before they start having to interact. There was still time for some heat though.
Overall I enjoyed this book. I’m glad I stuck with it, because when I did the slow start made sense and the pace felt right. The world building was interesting and the characters were intriguing. I will warn you though, that there was a heck of a cliffhanger. I have no idea when the next book will be out, but I will be downloading it when it does because I *really* want to know what happens next.
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