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Initiation

Sex Wizards, Book 1

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Initiation

By: Alethea Faust
Narrated by: Blake Lockheart
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Magic is a rare gift that only exists in the bloodlines of the rich, the royal, and the reputable. Dominai of Airedale, a poor hunter and forest guide, is barely one of those things. But after a moonlit encounter with the wizard Allisande, Dominai's life is changed forever. She reveals that Dominai has magic in his lineage, and provides him with a letter of introduction to the Crux, the center of magical study in the Kingdom of Straetham.

Magical study is a far cry from the dusty tomes and rituals Dom was expecting. Instead, it is sex and desire, submission and surrender, loyalty and love, and, above all, trust. But when the trust of the Crux is betrayed, Dom must face his own insecurities and the unknown to protect his new home and his fellow wizards.

Alethea Faust’s debut novel delivers risk-aware consensual kink, hard BDSM, budding relationships between kind, emotionally mature adults, and a lot of butt stuff.

Initiation is a full-length adult fantasy, the first in the epic Sex Wizards series set in a sex-positive, magical world. This novel has a kink-based magic system that crosses a wide range of play with varying degrees of intensity. The wizards of the Crux include pansexual, polyamorous, fantasy race, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, and intersex characters. Please see book preview for full CW.

©2021, 2022 Alethea Faust LLC (P)2022 Alethea Faust LLC
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Gods, Damn... ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

This was such a good story! Someone did their homework when it comes to Kink!

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I am obsessed

I was immediately hooked and absolutely loved it. I need book two asap. both author and narrator did a fantastic job

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This was the book for me

As a person who has never been able to fully understand kink this book not only explained it VERY WELL! This book built a fantastic world, fantastic magic system and still had all the steam/spice/eroticism and the best damn plot I have ever read. This book was awesome! I will be buying book two!

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AMAZING!!!!

I never write reviews but this was hot and incredibly well written. The author has done an amazing job making the sex integral to the story. Usually spicy scenes are kind of just extra information but this was like, skipping through these scenes means you've missed important things. The plot was fun to follow. It ended kind of abruptly. Not exactly a cliffhanger feeling but kind of like being pulled along by a leash and then suddenly your leash is dropped and you're kissed on the cheek before the leader walks away. You have almost no choice but to follow and that was me, scrambling to buy the next book.

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WTF

Honestly, I was so unsure about this book when I started. But it is fantastic! I finished it so fast. The plot is great and just a fun read 10/10 author 😂

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So fun!

After finding out he has magic in his blood, hunter and forest guide Dominai arrives at the Crux, the center for magical study in his kingdom. As readers, we follow Dominai as he learns about the different schools of casting spells, pushing his body and mind to its limits, reaching heights of pleasure and pain that he never imagined.

When I heard this book has a kink-based magic system, I had to check it out immediately. I figured I’d be in for some steamy entertainment, but I wasn’t expecting the story to be so engaging and well-written. I loved open-minded, sweet, and determined Dominai, and the side characters were all interesting as well. There are a lot of steamy scenes between Dom and various genders of wizards at the Crux, mostly in the context of casting spells, but some with a special man he’s particularly attracted to. There’s a burgeoning romance there. The wizards all seem to be M-spec, which makes for a lot of fun times. Really fun read and looking forward to book 2!

Edit after reread/audiobook listen: when I saw the audiobook was narrated by Blake Lockheart, I had to listen to it! He’s a great narrator and it was fun to revisit Dom and the other wizards of the Crux—Galliva, Olbric, Arlen, Garrett and more.

CW: Implied SA of side characters, off page.

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Even better the second time around!

Great book that I read first in ebook, enjoyed again in audio! The whole series is awesome!

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Love Everything About It!!

I found this book on TikTok, and I was not expecting to love it this much. It’s queer, it’s kinky, it’s poly, and it’s my new favorite series! I absolutely love the representation and how much emphasis is placed on consent even in a fantasy world.

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My New Favorite! A Kink Sampler Platter

It was so easy to fall into this world and love these characters. The magic system is impressively well built. This series has almost every kink you think of and they're all written well.

I love all the characters. They're so engaging and there's way more plot than expected! I couldn't put it down and the read the rest of the series. This keeps it interesting without relying on lazy conflict or tropes and I needed to know what happened next (there is NOT a cliffhanger).

It's all safe, sane and consensual kink in healthy polyamorous relationships. M/M, F/F. F/M, NB/M, and every possible group combination. PoC characters. Gender nonconforming characters. All the kinks. What more could you want?

The narrator does an excellent job. I could listen to him all day.

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Loved it

This is a fun and spice-filled kink smorgasbord. Great narrator. Good laughs for everyone and inclusive couples. Trigger warnings are dispersed throughout the book at the beginning of relevant chapters. Overall if sexual assault is a trigger for you, this is probably not the series for you.

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