A Mage's Guide to Human Familiars

A.J. Sherwood

2021 • 386 pages

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One mage, Bel Adams - needs a familiar, gun shy about being rejected by one again. One familiar, Nico di Rossi - Army Ranger, needs a change of pace and a new purpose in life. Plus one familiar, Garen Dallarosa - Secret Service, needs his ex-lover Nico back. One second chance - all for the taking. Tags: Mages, BOGO familiar, familiars as bodyguards, familiar bond, M/M/M, second chances, workplace romance, fated mates, magical shenanigans, Garen is part gargoyle, Bel part demon, Nico is a golden retriever in human form (though not literally), idiots in love, seriously I don't know what to do with them, Bel loves Garen just because he wants to love him, possessive behavior, not a single degree of chill from any of them, Nico is not allowed caffeine, Nico loves swords, Wicky is his supplier, lightsaber sounds, competency kink, Garen cannot be moved, he moves when he wants to, evil cults strangely don't clean up after themselves, absolutely no one's surprised, Nico thinks a magically booby-trapped cave is a theme park, cuz he cray cray, Demon Grandpa is also cray cray and approves

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#1 in R'iyah Family Archives

R'iyah Family Archives is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2021 with contributions by A.J. Sherwood.

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A typical phone conversation:
Character 1: Hi, let's have a really weird and stilted conversation.
Character 2: I totally agree. I'm going to speak in Italics too, by the way. Because I'm not a protagonist, you know. As one does. And yeah, all of us talk like this. Pretty much like nobody does in real life. Lots of sentences, paragraphs even, your eyes will so glaze over.Parts of this book were seriously problematic. E.g Nico assuming the demon granddaddy would be okay with Bel being gay and poly because he's a demon. What in the fuck kind of association is that? Being gay and/or poly is demonic now? Oh come on, come on

Characters are one dimensional. I did not like any of them. The plot is subpar. The smut is subpar. I don't know why I didn't DNF this book. I pushed through, skipping large swathes of it with zero consequences (which should tell you a lot).