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unfortunately this is far more of a romance novel than a fantasy. i thought it would be 50/50 but noooooo

it really is the insistence on this draco malfoy variant being a whiskey snob that is making me almost want to put this down.

the magic system in this book is so thin, but it’s also so DIFFERENT from the source material (Harry Potter) that my familiarity with the OG text doesn’t help. According to the text, wielding and casting are different types of magic, that can’t be used by the same person. but at the same time, there’s clearly a bunch of ordinary, mundane spells, that a person can just use? is that it? it’s not explained

chapter 9 is so deeply unserious, and i think it’s meant to be serious…

drunken draco malloy variant with a dragon tattoo wailing on a punching bag in the middle of the night, oh- i’m sure 😭

let peeve in books is when you can tell authors have a deranged grasp on alcohol. like 5 shots of whiskey is a lot, actually, unless shot glasses in this world are much smaller than real life.