Soul Familiar 2: Unpredictable by Kate Steele

Soul Familiar 2: Unpredictable by Kate Steele
Publisher: Changeling Press
Genre: Contemporary, paranormal
Length: Short (83 Pgs)
Other: M/M
Rating: 3 Cherries
Review by: Cactus

Life is unpredictable. That sentiment should be tattooed on my forehead — or better yet on my lover’s ass. I’d see it more often.

I’m Alex Layton and I’m a soul familiar. Most people know witches and wizards use familiars to enhance their powers. Soul familiars become not only partners with their chosen magic practitioner but mates for life, and we bond with our partners — heart, body, mind, and soul. I’ve found my soul mate, a sweet, gorgeous, recently deflowered virgin, fledging wizard by the name of Tyler Montgomery. To keep him, I face a challenge, or more precisely, we face a challenge. Magical combat designed to test our bond and its strength. If we pass, we live happily ever after. If we lose… let’s just say I refuse to lose.

Everything’s going to be fine. I just know it will. Right? All we have to deal with is the powerful and practiced duo consisting of a fellow soul familiar and his mate who are gunning for us and one accident of nature soul familiar whose erratic powers are making our spells produce daffodils instead of dragons.

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In the second book of the series, we return to the fantasy world of quirky men and magical mishaps. Picking up almost exactly where the previous book left off, Alex and Tyler face another challenge to their new union in the form of a magical contest with harsh results for the defeated. Throw in a young, fumbling new mage named Bobby and there are enough elements to keep the story moving along quickly and easily.

As this is the second in the Soul Familiar series, I can only assume Alex and Tyler were well characterized and developed in the opening book because there is little explanation or character progression for the men in this offering. Told exclusively from the first person point of view of Alex’s, I was left wondering at Tyler’s motivations and his past. Brief references to people and situations without further explanation left me sometimes lost in the fast moving action and quick dialogue of the men.

The addition of Bobby to the mix was another unexplained and little understood element, yet I had the impression all the information was already given to the reader in the first book and therefore unnecessary for this sequel. The ultimate magic challenge Alex and Tyler are supposed to be facing never surfaced but with the way the book picked up and left off, I can only assume a third book will delve more deeply into this part of the book.

While a likable read, this was clearly designed to be read in order of the books and I would recommend reading the first book of the series first. Otherwise you may be as lost as I was with the characters and the quick action of the book. With the easy flow writing and charming quirks of the men with some steamy sex, it’s a fun read and likely to please those who are followers of the series already. Newcomers again, read the first then move on to this one.