Tricks for Free by Seanan McGuire
I can’t believe how much I enjoyed reading about some teenage brat trapped in retail hell in a Disney World knock-off.

I can’t believe how much I enjoyed reading about some teenage brat trapped in retail hell in a Disney World knock-off.

Do we have to talk about this? Can I sigh over Chris Pratt instead? Now that’s a far more interesting subject.

Bland, bland, bland, bland, bland.

If the author wanted to introduce a past betrayal as a conflict, why resolve that conflict so unrealistically?

This Tumblr-friendly tale of polyamorous emo sex workers, college kids, pseudo-two spirit woo-woo djinns, and more is certainly… interesting.

Singling out five-year old girls as werewolf mates is HOT, HOT, HOT. Am I in hell?

Why is this a kiddie story? It’s about lizard women wanting human mates, after all. Do we let little kids read this kind of story these days?

Hmm, the dark-elves here aren’t the evil underground-dwelling BDSM’ed creatures I have come to expect. Still, it’s alright.

The author thinks she is serving pathos and humor with equal wallop. I think her main characters are too irritating for words.

I really wish I’d read this one when it first came out. It shows its age.
