D.I.Y.

Kindle edition

English language

Published by Tor Books.

ASIN:
B0B6SHKMV3
3 stars (1 review)

When the the elitist institution of Ozymandias Academy and its headmaster, Vamon Kinctuarin, can't find a solution to the city's worsening drought, 2 self-taught magicians, Noah and his partner Manny, take it upon themselves to find a solution to the crisis.

1 edition

D.I.Y.

3 stars

This is a fun story about two disabled geeky kids working to solve a problem to a drought crisis that the Ozymandias Academy can't solve (and seems to be exploiting). Big underdog vs evil corporation/government and people coming together to communally solve problems vibes.

Mostly I wanted less sparse worldbuilding from this story. This is partially a story about the internet in some ~present time (trolls, "chonky", forums, "absolute unit", video streaming, Google), which is a little off-putting for me but might be fun for somebody else. It's also some alternate history where there was a war with seraphs and seraph bones are turned into wands, and everybody(?) can do magic of some sort if they apply themselves. The most detail is there's a statue of a seraph and Noah has "cherub cough". How did the world get here? What else changed? The world just feels too dang normal for …