Evocation

A captivating read. While the pace of the book is definitely fast, it does lend itself to a believable world of magical realism with established relationships and characters. S.T. Gibson does a fantastically wonderful job of showing rather than telling with this first installment and I personally cannot wait to read more.

Great complex characters but I wanted more of the magical world and plot to go with the focus on the character relationships.

I liked it but I felt like it moved a little fast, I wish we could get some more character time and also some more setting bc the concept is so interesting, I am excited to get more though!

3.5 Stars:

I finished this in one sitting. I haven't done that in years. I suppose it helps that I am doing a dopamine fast right now, so I do not have anything to do but read. However, I could have gone to other books throughout the day, and I didn't. I chose to finish this one.

Still, while I would day this is a good book, I would not say it is the best I've read. First off, if you go into this expecting intrigue and a mystery, you will be disappointed. The main draw of this book is the characters and their relationships with one another. If you do not want a lot of romantic angst, this isn't for you.

Good for me; I DID want a lot of romantic angst. Also, as a social worker, I really appreciated how the topic of alcoholism was handled. I'm not joking; I got misty-eyed at a few parts, which never happens. I loved the characters, but that didn't stop me from wanting to smack them upside the head a couple of times (in a fun way).

I don't think this book is anything profound, but I do think it has a lot to say about queer, polyamorous love. I appreciated that and can recommend it. All I can really say is I enjoyed my time with this book. Check it out if this sounds interesting!

LOVED. I found it really impressive what Gibson was able to accomplish in only 300 pages. Great character arcs and development, and interesting plot that moved along at a decent clip, and a poly romance that was heavy on stunning tension and even a dare I say a bit slow burn? The occult was also interesting and not over powering the actual story in the book. It was everything I wanted out of this book, and well written on top of it all.