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xyzzysqrlToday the power was out for a long time and I couldn't get a phone signal by any means, so I was dimly afraid that the world had quietly ended somehow while I was asleep. Which sounds bombastic but for all I knew bombs had hit Boston and the world around it was dead.
To distract myself from the thoughts in that direction I read a romance novel of sorts. Rajel is a baroness and a bold adventurer who spends her days in the wilds with her talking wildcat companion. Casamint is a pompous aloof college student far more interested in his studies than in his wife and co-lover. And Boragette is a homemaker, deep in love with someone else.
The three were married as children and Rajel's close brush with death while adventuring makes her decide to call them together, to see how they get on as a properly married trio. Unfortunately they can't stand each other. Fortunately, a new adventure arrives and the three can try to bond over monsters and travel.
Also they're all giant talking four-armed bug people.
I made slight use of the glossary in the back of the book, but for the most part I eased into the terminology of the setting and found it agreeable enough. It's a strong setting, fun to read about. Anything more in spoilers.
The main romantic swing turned out not to be between the trio. Their journey is about learning to tolerate each other and live on friendly terms. The wild sex-in-every-ten-pages romance is between two raccoon ladies, and goodness I ended up rooting for them even though it was a TERRIBLE idea. After they got a happyishesqe ending, the rest of the book was a bit of an afterthought I think.
That said, I enjoyed this book.
It kept me distracted from the potential end of the world which I SUPPOSE could be taken as quite high praise indeed.
To distract myself from the thoughts in that direction I read a romance novel of sorts. Rajel is a baroness and a bold adventurer who spends her days in the wilds with her talking wildcat companion. Casamint is a pompous aloof college student far more interested in his studies than in his wife and co-lover. And Boragette is a homemaker, deep in love with someone else.
The three were married as children and Rajel's close brush with death while adventuring makes her decide to call them together, to see how they get on as a properly married trio. Unfortunately they can't stand each other. Fortunately, a new adventure arrives and the three can try to bond over monsters and travel.
Also they're all giant talking four-armed bug people.
I made slight use of the glossary in the back of the book, but for the most part I eased into the terminology of the setting and found it agreeable enough. It's a strong setting, fun to read about. Anything more in spoilers.
The main romantic swing turned out not to be between the trio. Their journey is about learning to tolerate each other and live on friendly terms. The wild sex-in-every-ten-pages romance is between two raccoon ladies, and goodness I ended up rooting for them even though it was a TERRIBLE idea. After they got a happyishesqe ending, the rest of the book was a bit of an afterthought I think.
That said, I enjoyed this book.
It kept me distracted from the potential end of the world which I SUPPOSE could be taken as quite high praise indeed.
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Date: 2018-06-06 11:03 am (UTC)I absolutely love the RPG setting. And somehow managed to not realize that I've known the author on FurryMUCK for like, twenty years.