The Black Unicorn (Magic Kingdom of Landover Series #2) Book

This is the last book in this series I'll read. I really don't like the MC. Ben Holiday is whiny and too stupid to have the history his author claims. I coped with this during the first book because he has quite a lot to whine about, and while there's nothing novel about the concept of a hidden fantasy world that exists alongside our own, the setup was still mildly amusing.

In this book the whiner is back. He's been king of Landover for a year. In the time, he's learned nothing. He's done nothing. He's just as stupid and just as whiny.

The plot of this novel involves him losing his identity to an 'old magic' and with it the throne of Landover. *sigh* Better than half of the content of this book involves Ben Holiday, High King of Landover and former high power attorney from Chicago whining at and arguing with a cat.

Ben's problem: a bad, bad man convinces him that he isn't himself. The MC suffers from a run of the mill identity crisis rooted in nothing more magical than simple anxiety.

The cat outright tells him that every sapient being creates its own reality. Ben can't figure out what that means! He's supposedly managed to get through law school, and has founded a successful law firm, yet he doesn't know that if he goes into court believing himself a failure, he will lose.

And the tedium grinds on for another 250 or so pages after this gem is dropped.

I could also note that this is yet another fantasy series with one female character to serve as bucket and prop for the hero, but what's the point? I could grow old and die having done nothing more than inventory victims of the male ego.

That I didn't tear my hair out is the only thing 'good' I found about this book. And that wasn't about the book, at all. So, yay! Go me! I still possess enough patience to spare a bit for bad fiction.