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Todd has been having weird things
happen to him lately, so when a woman walks into the ER and
proceeds to transform into something unreal and attack him,
Todd isn’t really thrown when he can defend himself with
some sort of magic. That, however, doesn’t mean he doesn’t
have questions or that all that’s going on doesn’t confuse
him. So when Connor, a total stranger, literally pops into
his living room Todd just smiles and offers the man pizza in
exchange for answers. The information Todd gets is not only
difficult to believe, but also impossible to deny along with
the compelling attraction he feels for Connor.
But the deeper Todd gets into the
magical world the more he is exposed to the evil element
which pushes him to fulfill a prophesy which will cost him
the love of his life. Will Todd chose to save the world or
serve his heart?
Vinculum is a fast-paced tale of magic and
mayhem with a helping of romance. As a whole, this story has
a good premise that was marred by the abundance of
stereotypes, hysterical reactions of the characters and the
constant pauses in the action to apologize and/or explain
why their phobic reactions to a gay relationship or the
possibility of such a relationship is not “acceptable” to
them, but now they have seen the light and will reform their
ways. Also, there were numerous pauses in the middle of
climatic moments to give background of secondary characters
that had no bearing on the romantic plot and only served to
postulate on the injustice of different societies regarding
gay men or just generally present societal views on minor
issues. I found the characters unappealing and
unsympathetic while remaining obtuse to the obvious solution
to the main conflict driving the action. While reading the
book I at times felt the need to walk away to clear my head
of all the drama and soap opera behavior. Vinculum
is not a lighthearted or short read but if you can overlook
the drama and stereotypes the characters present the magical
dealings in the plot will entertain you. |
