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A review by randi_jo
How to Summon a Fairy Godmother by Laura J. Mayo
adventurous
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I had a really good time with this one! Thanks to Netgalley and Orbit for my copy! This releases October 8th! Mark those calendars.
Pros:
🧚The humor great and not childish in nature.
🧚The portrayal of how childhood neglect and emotional/verbal abuse can warp a person's self-image and esteem.
🧚Great characters. FMC is vibrant, witty, and a bit broken. The antagonist(s) have great motivations but are still so very hate-able.
🧚FMC made me feel so petty because I was 100% waiting for the revenge moment.
Cons:
🧚The ending. I really do think this would've been so so so satisfying and fill that spiritual moralizing cup if it had been a standalone.
🧚Awkward love triangle. I think it's hard to have an instalove relationship AND make a dramatic love hinge at the same time.
The humor here really did make me chuckle aloud quite a few times. Sure, there's a couple of lewd jokes thrown in there, but most of them are extremely witty and sarcastic. Theo is a fun, relatable, if a bit broken, FMC. I liked the twist of the Cinderella concept, too - they're all just caught in generational spirals of abuse and lashing out.
I think the fun sort've stopped around 90%.This is simply because I don't like love-hinges (or triangles, however you prefer to call them) too much and then the ending just . . . petered out with a bunch of moralizing that felt rushed (also tacking on at the end that she made the right choice because she spared -unknowingly- an unborn baby was left field). But, then literally the last thing to tie up after the main plot ended was just Theo deciding who to actually be with, which obviously doesn't happen because this is apparently a series so SOMETHING had to be drawn out. I don't know if the romance was the way to go with it though. There doesn't feel like there's a lot of leg to stand on for a second book, and while I didn't hate either of the MMCs or anything, I just don't feel like Theo has really explored the idea of any kind of long-term romance even semi-realistically.
4.25/5 stars but it was a good ride.
Pros:
🧚The humor great and not childish in nature.
🧚The portrayal of how childhood neglect and emotional/verbal abuse can warp a person's self-image and esteem.
🧚Great characters. FMC is vibrant, witty, and a bit broken. The antagonist(s) have great motivations but are still so very hate-able.
🧚FMC made me feel so petty because I was 100% waiting for the revenge moment.
Cons:
🧚The ending. I really do think this would've been so so so satisfying and fill that spiritual moralizing cup if it had been a standalone.
🧚Awkward love triangle. I think it's hard to have an instalove relationship AND make a dramatic love hinge at the same time.
The humor here really did make me chuckle aloud quite a few times. Sure, there's a couple of lewd jokes thrown in there, but most of them are extremely witty and sarcastic. Theo is a fun, relatable, if a bit broken, FMC. I liked the twist of the Cinderella concept, too - they're all just caught in generational spirals of abuse and lashing out.
I think the fun sort've stopped around 90%.
4.25/5 stars but it was a good ride.