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Initiation
by Alethea Faust
I cannot even begin to tell you how much I enjoyed this book so stay with me here. This book was recommended to me on TikTok and it seemed like such a silly name I was hesitant and then even more hesitant when I found out that the POV character was a dude but holly hell am I glad that I kept reading. First off this book has never met the concept of a slow burn, we were right into the action (and I do mean action) within the first like, chapter or two (I read on kindle so like 8% of the way into the book). Also not a drop of toxic masculinity to be seen – just incredible healthy loving relationships and well adjusted male characters. Separate from how hot the sex is which I will be getting back to this honestly might be the most interesting and creative magic system I have ever encountered. Essentially magic is created by wizards – people who have a natural talent for it, they create a spell which is then able to be used later, and of course, the way to make a spell is through sex. There are different kinds of magic that can be made and of course, different kinds of sex make different magic, for example divination is done by sensory depravation – to see into the future or somewhere else you restrict the senses. Basically everything has a reason and it is so cool from just a world building perspective. And then on top of that, the sex is fucking hot. Even kinks that are not my particular kink the author does such an incredible job describing that I was hella hot the whole time reading it. All in all just really really good, perfect amount of plot where the story is intriguing and not just sex but also lots and lots of sex. Also an incredibly diverse main group of characters and very queer also which is just awesome to see.