masukomi (📚) reviewed The Harmony of Falling Snow: A Polyamorous Romantasy (Songs of Niaretya Book 1) by Andora Brokaw (Songs of Niaretya, #1)
My Favorite Cozy Read
5 stars
I didn’t have high expectations of this going in for two reasons: 1. It’s a story about two guys and a girl, and I’m not into guys.
2. Stories like this tend to do a poor job of deploying magic.
I was happily surprised with what I found. Even better, there were over 500 pages of mostly “cozy” entertaining content.
This is the story of Maggie, a woman deported from earth back to a magical world she’s never known. Her only contact is Yuri, an ex who left her and broke her heart, and he happens to help recently deported people settle into their new lives.
In the intervening years Yuri fell in love with Vil, who he asks to host Maggie, but it too chicken-shit to admit that she’s his ex before she’s already there.
Maggie grew up on earth believing that monogamy was the …
I didn’t have high expectations of this going in for two reasons:
1. It’s a story about two guys and a girl, and I’m not into guys.
2. Stories like this tend to do a poor job of deploying magic.
I was happily surprised with what I found. Even better, there were over 500 pages of mostly “cozy” entertaining content.
This is the story of Maggie, a woman deported from earth back to a magical world she’s never known. Her only contact is Yuri, an ex who left her and broke her heart, and he happens to help recently deported people settle into their new lives.
In the intervening years Yuri fell in love with Vil, who he asks to host Maggie, but it too chicken-shit to admit that she’s his ex before she’s already there.
Maggie grew up on earth believing that monogamy was the only “right” way. Here in the new world polyamory is the default. Unsurprisingly Maggie develops feelings for both men, and struggles with accepting that maybe it’s ok to love two people at once.
Along the way we find out about Yuri’s mental health issues, the family secret he’s magically prevented from talking about, a group fighting for democracy in their land, and much more.
It’s a really sweet tale, where magic is never used as a crutch. It’s mostly just an element of the world until the climax when their individual powers - especially Maggie’s - become a very big deal.
Loved the characters. Loved the writing. Can’t wait to read whatever the author puts out next.
Side note: I've read this 3 times so far. It's become my new happy book to retreat to.