{"id":4988,"date":"2020-06-03T13:18:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T17:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=4988"},"modified":"2020-06-03T13:18:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T17:18:23","slug":"unfamiliar-familiars-by-megan-lynn-kott-and-justin-devine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=4988","title":{"rendered":"Unfamiliar Familiars by Megan Lynn Kott and Justin DeVine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title: <\/strong>Unfamiliar Familiars<\/em>
\nAuthor: <\/strong>Megan Lynn Kott and Justin DeVine
\nPublisher: <\/strong>Chronicle Books
\nSource: <\/strong>NetGalley in exchange for an honest review<\/p>\n

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The witch and her black cat are an iconic partnership, but every witch is different\u00e2\u20ac\u201dshouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you have a familiar as unique and powerful as you are? Leave the toads and crows to the basic witches and consider some unconventional options when seeking your own arcane animal companion!<\/p>\n

With a helpful quiz to get you started, UNFAMILIAR FAMILIARS is a lighthearted and humorous guide to finding the familiar best suited to your personality and particular magical needs. Filled with playful pop culture references, unusual and engaging animal facts, and aww-inducing artwork, UNFAMILIAR FAMILIARS brings a magical twist to the animal fact book for companion-seeking witches everywhere.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n

This was a spur of the moment pick from NetGalley. I follow the publisher on Instagram and during the pandemic they’ve been posting a lot of stories which I actually watch and don’t swipe through. This cover caught my eye and then seeing who the publisher was… I grabbed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It appeared it would be a lighthearted read and possibly provide some laughs. At 96 pages it could be read in a day or two, but why push yourself? These 40 unique familiars aren’t going anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The books notes what a familiar is, how to choose one, and how to summon one prior to explaining who would make a good match for each familiar. It’s important to remember that a familiar is not a servant or a pet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a decision tree (if you don’t want to summon a familiar), the Ball Python would be a good match for me. They are a limbless cuddler known for getting along well with witches allergic to dander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s me, exactly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great at hugs. Cool. Shed their skin every 4-6 weeks which require renewing the pact? Okay. Renaming must also be done and can’t be a repeat of the last 6 names. Ummm. I guess that’s why the witches they’re paired with must have good memories!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drawings are all cute. The descriptions of the animals as familiars veer into silliness. Who doesn’t need a bit of silliness now and then? As the authors noted, if the facts couldn’t be found, then they just made it up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonus points to Megan Lynn Kott for proclaiming Valiant, the 3-legged Corgi as her familiar. I would’ve done the same. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Title: Unfamiliar Familiars Author: Megan Lynn Kott and Justin DeVine Publisher: Chronicle Books Source: NetGalley in exchange for an honest review The witch and her black cat are an iconic partnership, but every witch is different\u00e2\u20ac\u201dshouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you have a familiar as unique and powerful as you are? Leave the toads and crows to the basic… Continue reading Unfamiliar Familiars by Megan Lynn Kott and Justin DeVine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[860,861,862],"class_list":["post-4988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-justin-devine","tag-megan-lynn-kott","tag-unfamiliar-familiars","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4988"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4996,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4988\/revisions\/4996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}