So, kept on trucking into the second Spellmonger book, and while I'm enjoying the sword and sorcery, reviews were right that the protagonist comes off as probably ten times the pompous ass the author seems to intend. I can certainly see where many women would have zero interest in this series, where I could count on one hand the number of female characters two books in, and the protagonist has slept with all but one (the Duchess is too old for him... so far). More empathy is extended to the goblin foes than to the women in this series.
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