MutedinLife
Honestly, this book felt like it had a few moments of grace, but over all was extremely cookie cutter. The support characters where bland to say the least. “ girlie princess” and “ tough princess”, “ old warrior past his prime” and “ arrogant bully worthless prince” are all so over done. Additionally, although I can see many young men relating to Paug in some ways, his lust for adventure and his drive to better himself based on what he sees as the idealized version of masculinity in front of him, it really feels as if his multiple chapters do nothing to progress the story. I don’t feel like he’s really adding anything besides fluff.
The magic is pretty straightforward and so far hasn’t presented anything new, which is fine but fits into the cookie cutter aspect.
The world building stands out a bit more by introducing random modern quality of life into the medieval setting like indoor plumbing, but is never explained so again doesn’t really add anything.
The one saving grace of this story is the mystery surrounding the main character and his missing memories that slowly return. It actually does feel fascinating and drive me to want to know more about his back story and how he ended up in a magical sleep in the first place.
Overall it’s fine. The narrator does fine, the book, characters, and setting are fine, it’s all fine. If you’re looking for a safe play on fantasy with a few smutty scenes in there, you should try it out.