#Review of The War Against the Assholes by Sam Munson

The novel is set in a Manhattan “shrouded in mystery” and follows a 17-year-old Catholic high school student who begins to acquire supernatural powers after being introduced to a book called The Calendar of Sleights by a strange classmate. The protagonist is then pulled into a long-running war among rival factions of magicians.

 About the Author

Sam Munson’s writing has appeared in n+1, Tablet, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The National, The Daily Beast, Commentary, The Times Literary Supplement, The New York Observer, The Utopian, and numerous other publications. His first novel, The November Criminals, is being adapted into a film.

So I wasn't so sure about this one.  Having a word like asshole as part of a title is well a little much.  But I really liked the cover and what the book was about.  Im all for the magic.  This reminded me of the movie/book The Ganges of New York but with a magic twist.  

Although the characters were great in this one that author leaves the reader to figure out what was going on and well after a lot of this going on I just didnt know what to do.  This book in many places was very confusing and hard to follow.  

 Go Into This One Knowing 

Wasn't for me

"All opinions are 100% honest and my own." 

 Disclaimer: Thanks to Goodreads and Amazon for the book cover, about the book, and author information. If you can not see the link above you will need to turn off your spam blocker. Buying via these above links allows my site to get a % of the sale at no cost to you. This money gets used to buy items for giveaways.

https://www.facebook.com/CrossroadReview

Posted in: 3 Stars, Review, Saga Press, Young Adult