The Wizard's Butler

Easy enough of a read but lacks tension. I guess this is 'cozy' fantasy? For the main 'good guy' characters, (and the good guys are all good while the bad guys are simply there to be antagonists with nary a shade of grey to be found), everything is very smooth sailing throughout.

One thing I particularly liked was the ambiguity of why Roger falls so easily into the rhythms of being a butler; is it really the job he didn't know he was missing in his life - or is he being manipulated by magic? The aspect of this that I didn't like as much is that it's never really addressed. It's very much something that occurs between the lines and is never even brought up as a consideration. In my opinion, it should have been, and there should have been some type of confrontation over it - with a positive outcome of course! ;)

So... All in all this book is an pretty decent read but not one that would make me want to seek out a sequel, (if one existed).