Book Review: Egg's Curse

Egg's Curse is one of those books that started slightly too slow for me. I'd started reading it a couple of months ago and left it to languish after a few pages. Then, earlier this month, after buying a new e-reader (an Xteink X4 with CrossPoint firmware), I picked it up again, restarted from the beginning, and this time something finally clicked.

I was off, entering a land without magic with a hero carrying extreme trauma. In a way, this entire book is an exploration of trauma, and what can happen both because of and in spite of it.

The story allows us to view the world from the viewpoint of a haunted, flawed, and relatable protagonist. We observe how his trauma leads him to make poor choices, how his self-loathing prevents him from recognizing apparent truths, and how, despite neither being completely overcome, the courageous Sir Stride can still achieve a sense of belonging.

The book contains descriptions of war, traumatic imagery, abuse, and bloody scenes. The author uses the "silence is deafening" metaphor one too many times. This is a gay romance novel with interspecies themes but isn't directly furry, and no explicit sex scenes occur. Even though it isn't a furry novel directly, it plays off those themes well. I'd rate it 8/10. Go read it!

Egg's Curse is, to say right off the top, a book I'd recommend buying and reading. I give it a solid 8/10, and even though it's not explicitly furry, it definitely plays off those themes well. It's a novel with gay themes but no explicit sex, as well as violent descriptions of death and war.