I Signed Up To Be The Substitute Familiar Of A Struggling Witch To Pay My Bills And I'm Just Now Realizing What I Got Myself Into

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Published April 4, 2018 by Alex Zandra van Chestein.

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Becoming a witch takes a lot of hard work, and not everyone has the resources to devote themselves to such a grueling process. But thankfully, magic isn’t completely unattainable! Witches need familiars in order to thrive, and sometimes the best candidate for the job is in the neighborhood instead of through a portal to the otherworld.

But what happens when you try on a new life and realize it fits you better than your old one? What do you do when it comes with an expiration date?

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An Oathbound Familiar reviewed I Signed Up To Be The Substitute Familiar Of A Struggling Witch To Pay My Bills And I'm Just Now Realizing What I Got Myself Into by Alex Zandra van Chestein (Substitute Familiar, #1)

The Novel That Changed My Life

5 stars

Content warning explicit ending spoilers

I can't strictly say that this is what cracked my egg, but it certainly shattered what was left it. And not just in the trans way; it quite definitely helped form the foundations of my identity and personality that I was trying to build and it would take me four and a half years just to figure out exactly what I was feeling when I was reading this.

A familiar, bound to a specific person - but not exclusively. Powerful in her own right, unique. Special. Emilynn's journey from beginning all the way to end is one not just deeply relatable, but one I feel I see so much of myself in, too. To go from wholly reliant on someone, anxious, scared - to competent and confident and loving - it's eerily reminiscent of my life since I've read this, now that I'm reflecting back on it.

I just hope I can spread as much love and magic.

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