Status Updates From Fae for Pay (Fortune Favors...

Hey.. so, this is delightful?? I'm absolutely loving the main character and what happened so far. I knew this didn't have so many good reviews for no reason. Often times, with tropes and a genre like this, you get some mediocre books that read more like fanfiction, but so far, this has been nothing but fun. The author is clearly well equipped to build a suspenseful story that's not purely romantic

I am intrigued. I am also confused.

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This book is not at all what the blurb promised.

1. The MC and the LI never hated each other - they've already hooked up and are talking about a fwb type of thing?

2. They're still in the real world, and it doesn't seem like that's going to change any time soon.

I was expecting a high fantasy adventure, and this is totally not it - rn I'm wondering if I should dnf, because the writing's not all that great, either.

// Overall [despite a few serious niggles] this was a nice book!!!

The pacing has left something to be desired; MCs are in the same location by 20% but don’t speak until 26%. The magic plot moment in the blurb hasn’t happened yet at 50% and they haven’t kissed yet.
I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read but it seems like it could’ve used an edit and trim in the first half.

// Sheila is a fucking CUNT!!!!!

// You're bulldozing over him and you have the audacity to talk about manners?!! SHUT THE FUCK UP AND BACK THE FUCK OFF, LADY!!!!!

// Poor Hyde?!!!??? Author are you insane??? What is it with authors for being fucked enough to give evil a fair chance!!! Hyde is a water of skin, space, and air, and he 100% deserves to die and get killed off!!!! Wanting to be a bigger person by warning Hyde doesn't make any character a good person, it makes the AUTHOR a fucking idiot (she wrote it; I blame HER)!!! Just make Hyde finally die for fuck's sake!!!

// This author can absolutely teach other authors how to write fucking amazing chemistry between the MCs, absolutely powerful buildup, wonderful sexual tension, and scorching as fuck sex scenes!!!!!! YUMMY!!!!

// I am pissed!!!! Moving on!!!

// This implies sexuality is a conscious choice and just NO NO NO!!!!!!!!! I hate the author for this!!!! What a fucking CUNT for doing what she does here in this book!!!!

// NO NO NO NO!!! Sexuality and attraction and orientation don't work that way, and for the author to take such a fucking ridiculous stance [SHE WROTE THE WORDS; THEY ARE HER FUCKING RESPONSIBILITY], is not only incredibly ignorant, it's disrespectful to heterosexuals and sexuality in general, it's problematic as fuck, and it's toxic as hell!!! Also, it's really fucking obnoxious!!! Shut the fuck up, author >:-o!!!!

// You have a mass following a well ... fight back, hit back, address the issue, and blast Matt and Hyde to kingdom come for their vile lies and scheming!!!!