(Sort of) okay

This book has an interesting premise: an innocent, even noble young man becomes the heir to one of the world's great evil wizard families. Somehow, despite being raised with vampires killing slaves and siblings trying to kill him, he remains pure and good, filled with immense magical power...that just happens to be the kind used by light mages. Oops. Angered at the idea of a light mage ruling one of the great houses, the other wizarding families apply pressure to get him killed on an impossible quest - one that will end up with him having a harem of beautiful monsters, returning to his homeland in power.

The premise is intriguing, and the main character has potential. But very soon the reader gets tired of the same old 'fish out of water' joke: the main character is impossibly blind to the feelings of other people and arrogant about his own way of life. His first monster, a succubus who believes he proposed marriage to her, ignores everything he says about being evil. Meanwhile, the pair actually go about robbing a hedge wizard for the crime of...being told he could play around with her? Yeah. And our main character cleverly hides his actual 'dark lord' family name with the scariest thing he can think of... a Rabbit. That's right. That's the kind of humour this book is full of.

As the book came close to an end, with still only ONE of the three monsters in his group, it was clear the book would only be part of a series. The main character didn't show any growth, and frankly, he was one of the least interesting characters in the book. The author kept bringing up politics and characters from other realms, and frankly, they were much more interesting to listen to!

Unfortunately I found that I couldn't finish the book. The author has great worldbuilding, but I just didn't like the characters enough to keep reading.

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