She's fictional, so, no, you can't slap her! Since the main character is weak and stupid, and the mysteries are weak and undeveloped, that leaves Dorian as the only attractive character that I care about in the entire book. In this case, however, I've got 3 hours and 40 minutes left of this story and he's just getting worse. Sometimes, with a character like this, an event will take place in the story that changes them into someone who actually adds something positive to the mix. I have no desire to spend time with him at all.
I guess it's supposed to be ok with us that he's a jerk because his mom should have been arrested for neglect years ago? I feel bad for him because of his miserable parenting situation, but that doesn't change the fact that he's a selfish, abusive, entitled little git. This allows Brixton, the 14 boy who breaks into Zoe's house almost as soon as the story starts, to take over the entire book. She'd be nice enough in another book, maybe one written by Juliet Blackwell or Susan Wittig Albert, but written by this author she's not strong enough to be the lead. Some of the supporting characters seem like they could have been interesting, but we don't spend much time with them, and the main character, Zoe, doesn't seem to be able to hold the stage. However, outside of Dorian, there don't seem to be any attractive characters that make any impact.
In other circumstances (like if the rest of the story was better) I would consider buying the physical book in order to access them. I have found myself searching for some of the recipes online because they sound so delicious. There is quite a bit of discussion about food here, and it's all wonderful as well. The reader executes him perfectly, so that he is charming and endearing and suave. The only real good part of it is the the gargoyle, Dorian. A lead character who is an alchemist with a specialty in plant alchemy? Newly moved to a charming old fixer upper in Portland, Oregon to start a new life? Exploring her charming and funky neighborhood, putting her house in order, getting going on her alchemy again after many years of neglect? A stow-away gargoyle with a significant health problem and a mysterious old book? The gargoyle is a masterful french chef who spends almost all his time adapting standard recipes into vegan ones, since our heroine is vegan? Sign me up!!! Yet, in execution this story falls far short of it's potential.
As others have noted, this novel has a good central idea.
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