Tuesday, December 24, 2024

In the Care of Magic by Robin Jo Margaret

IN THE CARE OF MAGIC is a spicy queer cottagecore erotica featuring a bisexual witch and an aromatic agender demon who uses the neopronouns xe/xyr. I'm surprised that people were saying this book wasn't queer, because the heroine is attracted to all genders and Lyle, the demon, can assume any form as a sex demon and change xyr physical anatomy.Some people might not be used to neopronouns but they really are a thing, and they're pretty common in queer communities.

Jillian is a witch for her village but people are working her to exhaustion with their constant demands, and after coming to the unpleasant realization that they don't see her as a person so much as a means to an end, she decides to take a vacation for her own mental health. At her cabin, she comes across a spell book with sex spells and while performing one, she ends up summoning the sex demon, Lyle.

The idea of having an "aromantic" sex demon was really interesting to me, but it makes sense that someone who does sex for work might be disenchanted with it, and be more interested in a "platonic friendship-based relationship" rather than something with romantic feelings.

This book is all spice, and goes hard on the consent, which is great. The sex scenes were creative and I loved the message that it's important to establish healthy boundaries, although part of me was kind of disappointed when the heroine ended up returning back to her awful village in the end.

3 out of 5 stars

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