Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: Oathsworn
SERIES: Dreamspun Beyond #42
AUTHOR: Sebastian Black
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 242 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 1, 2020
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Can love set a mage free?
Former chef Jasper Wight has been magically ensnared in his apartment for over three months. Cabin fever doesn’t begin to cover it. All he can do to pass the time is indulge in his hobby—painting portraits of his neighbors. But once a handsome new man moves into a swanky nearby penthouse, Jasper is no longer content merely to watch. Following his gut, he reaches out through astral projection….
Finn Anderson is the CEO of a food app funded by his parents, but he struggles to believe in the dream. When a mysterious someone starts leaving messages on his mirror, he learns the world holds more possibilities than he ever imagined.
When a chance encounter brings Finn to Jasper’s door, the pair are soon as enamored with each other as Finn is of the magic he’s just discovering. But navigating a relationship that spans two worlds is only the tip of the iceberg. They still have to figure out how to free Jasper from his apartment, how to make Finn’s business into a success, and whether an outsider can be trusted with the secrets of the magical world.
REVIEW:
This was a pretty good book, especially paranormal wise. I wish I could do what Jasper does. Think of the money you could save lol. You have to read to find out. But what I loved about this story was more toward the end. For two reasons. One, Finn proved he was worthy no matter what Jasper’s parents say. He more than proved it. And for Jasper, that meant everything. And two, at the end and I won’t describe in detail to give anything away, but it shows what a real relationship is all about. The good, the bad and the ugly. And for that, it made me appreciate this story so much more.
Life isn’t all sunshine and roses. And this story packs a whopper of how life can be knocked out from under your feet in an instant. It also shows how you have to look inside yourself and see who you really are. Find yourself, what makes you happy. What life is supposed to be for you. Not someone else. And it’s not easy. When there are extenuating circumstances, maybe kids involved, or who knows. There’s always something somewhere that trips us up along the way to where maybe the life we wanted, isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. I know it’s true in my own life. And in this, Jasper had to find what he needed to free himself. But he had to find it. No one else could do it for him. He had to find what would make life worth living for himself. And Finn had to learn some things himself. And learning money isn’t everything, was one of them. Now Finn’s was easier to learn because he hated the way his family acted now that they had money. It disgusted him. And the way others acted as well. Like people were beneath them. So when things changed for Jasper and Finn both, they had to learn life is a whole lot different in ways they didn’t know of.
And even though it was hard, they learned to rely on each other as well. Insecurities and all. And that wasn’t easy either.
It’s a good story. Lots of life lessons in it, but a good love story as well.
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