Silenced Magic

by Marcella Christie

Sean Ollivier doesn’t find out that David Takeda is just your run-of-the-mill comp-sci junior at Deercreek University until Sean accidentally-on-purpose outs himself as a witch. He’s surprised when David’s surprised, so Sean has to ask—isn’t David an elf? Come on, he’s attractive, he’s socially awkward, it all adds up. David insists that, no, for real, he’s not an elf. And what does Sean mean, magic? David finds out that Sean means magic is a Thing That Exists when he takes David to his usual paranormal hangout to double-check about this alleged not-an-elf business. David has to come to terms quickly with the fact that all the regulars at Sean’s fave coffee shop, Mistletoe, are just a little bit on the abnormal side. Paranormal, actually. Turns out Deercreek is full of witches, psychics, elves, pixies, giants, werewolves, faeries, and a thriving paranormal underground that swirls around Mistletoe. David and Sean get tangled in all of it as they hack magical databases, expose a new magic, and figure out if a witch and a human have any chance at falling in love.

370 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 28, 2017

About the author

Marcella Christie is a professional writer and editor, writing romance with a feminist, LGBT bent from the American Midwest. Her works range from fantasy to paranormal to contemporary, short stories to full-length novels to series, with common themes of anything funny, witchy, and sexy.

You can follow Marcella Christie on Amazon and Twitter.

Reviews

[Delena666 · Rating 3 out of 5]

The idea was great. So many different storylines and couples in one book, loosely connected to each other, all types too: we got two m/m, two f/m and one f/f couplings and their stories all intertwined in one book.

My problems with this book, not in any particular order:
- i would repeat that the idea was great, but by the end of 1/3 of the book i was already tired jumping from couple to couple and story to story every chapter, and at that point the stories are still disconnected, even if we see how characters connect with each other, so its harder and harder to invest in any character. I thouht one f/m couple had been especially unnesessary as their relationship didn't bring anything to the overall story
- m/f sex scenes in what I thought would be a strictly m/m book. And it is not that I really object to reading f/m sex scenes - it is, firstly, that I had not been warned beforehand and, secondly, that those scenes took much more pages than sex scenes between other couples (read - m/m couples). Let me add a third here too - the sex scenes between the couple I deem unnesessary took most of the pages allocated to sex((
- many things were left unexplained, for me especially about werewolves and registration, a bit about incubi, animosity with fairies - and the more I think about it, the more list grows. I guess there would be more books set in this world, but by this point I am too frustrated with the book to want more of the same.

I had to force myself to continue reading after the first 1/3 and I AM better off having finished it, but that's not a good combination wanting to know more of the world with being too frustrated with the book to want to continue reading it.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this. A really well written ensemble romance is really rare, but Christie pulls it off. I adored all the couples and characters in this book, which is rare, and enjoyed so much getting to see a resolution for each arc. This book reminded me a bit of A Long Way to A Small, Angry Planet--the same kind of lovable cast that grows together but remain fully fleshed out characters too. Love it, and absolutely recommend if romance and magic and adorbs characters is your jam!

[Fanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loved this book. Sean is so unbelievably sweet and David so stoic. I was disappointed in the beginning to find multiple characters, but it worked so well and you cannot help but falling in love with them all. It is a love story, but not drowning in smut as is the norm these days when gay characters are involved.
Truly, just read this book, you will not be disappointed. PLEASE, make this a series. I would love to meet these characters again.