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The Virgin Master
In a future time when the economy has completely collapsed and slavery and debtor's prisons are used as stop-gap methods by the tottering government to reduce the drain on resources, large corporations and the poor are all that remain. CEO Evan James finds that he must purchase a personal slave for business reasons to convince his board of directors he is maintaining good sexual and psychological health. Never having owned a slave before, he finds the learning curve very sharp. Additionally, there are forces at work against him that he has yet to discover.
WARNING! This book contains graphic scenes of sex, violence and sexual violence.
WARNING! This book contains graphic scenes of sex, violence and sexual violence.
346 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 19, 2010
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October 13, 2011
This comes across as a slave-based m/m romance written by someone who knows that m/m romances about slavery sell well, but who doesn't actually find the genre hot as hell. It's not a bad book, and it's competently written, but it's so tentative that it's difficult to like.
Currently there's a burgeoning sub-genre in the m/m romance sphere (and mainstream fiction, actually; see Ready Player One), fueled by our current economic crisis, where a dystopian future/alternate reality requires unpaid personal financial debt to be redeemed by service in slavery. Some of these stories take the PWP route: hot violent smex with no apologies. Some explore deeper political and financial implications of slavery, some look at the abuses which would necessarily arise in such a system, while others focus on the effects on personal relationships. This book does none of these. It doesn't do much at all.
There's quite a bit of hurt-comfort, and I thought at the beginning, when the anal speculum came out, that perhaps this would be a book for the medical fetishist. In fact there is so much hurt inflicted on one character that the author had to resort to a bracketed exclamation mark, "...he spun on his heel and saw Tom hooking Jeremy up to an IV (again!)..." (location 5630). However it ends up being glossed over; it's not written in enough detail to be the point of the book. Then both MCs admit that they are unwillingly aroused by the discipline one is forced to enact on the other, and I thought, OK, PWP BDSM, bring it on, but then that went absolutely nowhere; no further punishment scenes. So I thought perhaps it would be a story about love motivating the MCs to change the system, but that went nowhere. There are multiple rape scenes, but they are strangely dispassionate with few details: I mean they're written as horrific, but not in a hot way: I get the impression the author thinks it would be abhorrent to use m/m rape scenes for a one-handed read (if they *were* in there for the smex factor then they need to write them way better).
This book took two hot intelligent guys, one of whom is insanely rich, puts one in slavery to the other, adds a drop of instalove, business intrigue, and rape, yet manages to achieve blandness.
If you love hurt-comfort, then this would be a perfectly nice read. For anyone else who was wanting hot decadent smexy slave love, I'd strongly recommend The Slave Breakers series instead (it's so long, and so good, and free!). If The Virgin Master was a free read I'd give it three stars, and I probably would have skimmed to the end to find out what eventually happened. As a book priced at $4.99 it needed to either have more point, or revel deeper in porny pointlessness.
Currently there's a burgeoning sub-genre in the m/m romance sphere (and mainstream fiction, actually; see Ready Player One), fueled by our current economic crisis, where a dystopian future/alternate reality requires unpaid personal financial debt to be redeemed by service in slavery. Some of these stories take the PWP route: hot violent smex with no apologies. Some explore deeper political and financial implications of slavery, some look at the abuses which would necessarily arise in such a system, while others focus on the effects on personal relationships. This book does none of these. It doesn't do much at all.
There's quite a bit of hurt-comfort, and I thought at the beginning, when the anal speculum came out, that perhaps this would be a book for the medical fetishist. In fact there is so much hurt inflicted on one character that the author had to resort to a bracketed exclamation mark, "...he spun on his heel and saw Tom hooking Jeremy up to an IV (again!)..." (location 5630). However it ends up being glossed over; it's not written in enough detail to be the point of the book. Then both MCs admit that they are unwillingly aroused by the discipline one is forced to enact on the other, and I thought, OK, PWP BDSM, bring it on, but then that went absolutely nowhere; no further punishment scenes. So I thought perhaps it would be a story about love motivating the MCs to change the system, but that went nowhere. There are multiple rape scenes, but they are strangely dispassionate with few details: I mean they're written as horrific, but not in a hot way: I get the impression the author thinks it would be abhorrent to use m/m rape scenes for a one-handed read (if they *were* in there for the smex factor then they need to write them way better).
This book took two hot intelligent guys, one of whom is insanely rich, puts one in slavery to the other, adds a drop of instalove, business intrigue, and rape, yet manages to achieve blandness.
If you love hurt-comfort, then this would be a perfectly nice read. For anyone else who was wanting hot decadent smexy slave love, I'd strongly recommend The Slave Breakers series instead (it's so long, and so good, and free!). If The Virgin Master was a free read I'd give it three stars, and I probably would have skimmed to the end to find out what eventually happened. As a book priced at $4.99 it needed to either have more point, or revel deeper in porny pointlessness.
January 30, 2022
Hi everyone, It's Christopher the reader here and the book we are here to talk about tonight is The Virgin Master. I read this book for the first time in January and it took me a day to finish reading. I am now going to talk about some of the book details. It was rated for readers aged 18 and up, and was first published on the 19th of December in 2010. It was told using 3rd person with it being mostly in Evan's and Jeremy's point of view. The book had 29 chapters. All together the book had 346 Kindle pages, which also includes a prologue at the start and an epilogue at the end.
- I found the storyline really interesting, I thought that the book had good world building, character development and place detail. I would have liked it to have a little more character detail though. I liked how the book started, that we was able to meet some of the characters and that it didn't just start in the middle of the story. There was this one scene in the book that made me feel really numb, I found it a bit challenging to read so I had to stop a few times. There were lots of parts in the book were it felt very believable. This book was written in a way where for me I felt like I was actually there, stuck in the room with the main character. I would have liked it if it was a book series instead, as when I was reading the book it did start to feel like a two in one, and also if some of the scenes were a bit more detailed as some of them did feel a bit glossed over at times. I do feel like there was also some things that would have been better if we got to read about it for ourselves as parts were only mentioned. I would have also liked it more if the book had sub titles of which character that the point of view was going to be following. I do feel like this book could do with some editing as when reading I did notice quite a few mistakes like with wording and at times with characters names where they were mixed up in a sentence and it had some misplaced air quotes within the book.
- I loved most of the characters. I found them really intelligent and interesting. Jay (Jeremy) and Evan had to be my favourites, I loved how they both cared for one and other. I would have loved to have read a bit more with them together. I also liked the main side characters Allen, Sean, Jeff and Tom, I would have liked for them to have extra page time so that we could have got to know them each a bit better. maybe If each of them had more chapters and for them to have been longer than they were when following their point of view. As when they did have part that was following their point of view they were really short, they didn't feel as solid as I would have liked them to have been.
-I did think that It would have ended a bit differently, I did think that at the end of the story that the outcome would have changed their world more, but overall I did enjoy the ending and I loved that we got a mini epilogue from a year later. If there ever is a sequel I would definitely read it. I would like it if this book gets turned into an audible book as personally when I listen and read along I find that I gain a deeper experience with the book, I also did struggle reading some of the words. I do think it would be good if it was turned into a TV Show, If it ever does I would probably go and watch it.
For each book that I read, I rate it out of 10, so for this I'm going to give it 9.3. Remember this was what I thought about the book personally and I suggest that you give it a go for yourself.
- I found the storyline really interesting, I thought that the book had good world building, character development and place detail. I would have liked it to have a little more character detail though. I liked how the book started, that we was able to meet some of the characters and that it didn't just start in the middle of the story. There was this one scene in the book that made me feel really numb, I found it a bit challenging to read so I had to stop a few times. There were lots of parts in the book were it felt very believable. This book was written in a way where for me I felt like I was actually there, stuck in the room with the main character. I would have liked it if it was a book series instead, as when I was reading the book it did start to feel like a two in one, and also if some of the scenes were a bit more detailed as some of them did feel a bit glossed over at times. I do feel like there was also some things that would have been better if we got to read about it for ourselves as parts were only mentioned. I would have also liked it more if the book had sub titles of which character that the point of view was going to be following. I do feel like this book could do with some editing as when reading I did notice quite a few mistakes like with wording and at times with characters names where they were mixed up in a sentence and it had some misplaced air quotes within the book.
- I loved most of the characters. I found them really intelligent and interesting. Jay (Jeremy) and Evan had to be my favourites, I loved how they both cared for one and other. I would have loved to have read a bit more with them together. I also liked the main side characters Allen, Sean, Jeff and Tom, I would have liked for them to have extra page time so that we could have got to know them each a bit better. maybe If each of them had more chapters and for them to have been longer than they were when following their point of view. As when they did have part that was following their point of view they were really short, they didn't feel as solid as I would have liked them to have been.
-I did think that It would have ended a bit differently, I did think that at the end of the story that the outcome would have changed their world more, but overall I did enjoy the ending and I loved that we got a mini epilogue from a year later. If there ever is a sequel I would definitely read it. I would like it if this book gets turned into an audible book as personally when I listen and read along I find that I gain a deeper experience with the book, I also did struggle reading some of the words. I do think it would be good if it was turned into a TV Show, If it ever does I would probably go and watch it.
For each book that I read, I rate it out of 10, so for this I'm going to give it 9.3. Remember this was what I thought about the book personally and I suggest that you give it a go for yourself.
September 3, 2016
OMG, how am I going to rate it when I loved it for about six thousand stars?! :)
Now, I'm not saying the book is perfect, and probably all those imperfections would be very obvious for you (like, missing commas, or switched names, or sudden inconsistencies in facts). But me - I didn't care. It was cut so precisely according to all my preferences it was like THE absolutely perfect book for me.
Hurt-comfort, hurt-comfort, and then some more hurt and some more comfort... Hurt delivered by bad guys or through the fault of bad guys, and comfort provided by the good guy. No fucking shades of grey. Good is good, bad is bad, morally wrong is morally wrong. Everything is perfectly clean cut - and - oh, how much I enjoyed it.
The book doesn't go into psychological depths of what owning another man would do to someone, like Faith Ashlyn's books - but it doesn't need to, it plays by different rules, and those rules fit me perfectly. Evan, the reluctant slave-owner, is a good guy through and through. He isn't a glum asshole who hides his feelings for his slave so deeply we have to wait for the whole book to get a glimpse at them. He wants to be good, and he is good, and once he gets over his initial issues, he is pretty open about his feelings. And Jeremy, the slave, is not a stupid kid who'd make even *me* want to spank him. He is sharp, generous, strong, noble and makes surprisingly little drama despite everything that happens to him.
Well, and A LOT happens. It's really hurt-comfort, hurt-comfort, hurt-comfort, rinse repeat. And the hurt is pretty extreme for me to ache for it to end at last and
Now, I'm not saying the book is perfect, and probably all those imperfections would be very obvious for you (like, missing commas, or switched names, or sudden inconsistencies in facts). But me - I didn't care. It was cut so precisely according to all my preferences it was like THE absolutely perfect book for me.
Hurt-comfort, hurt-comfort, and then some more hurt and some more comfort... Hurt delivered by bad guys or through the fault of bad guys, and comfort provided by the good guy. No fucking shades of grey. Good is good, bad is bad, morally wrong is morally wrong. Everything is perfectly clean cut - and - oh, how much I enjoyed it.
The book doesn't go into psychological depths of what owning another man would do to someone, like Faith Ashlyn's books - but it doesn't need to, it plays by different rules, and those rules fit me perfectly. Evan, the reluctant slave-owner, is a good guy through and through. He isn't a glum asshole who hides his feelings for his slave so deeply we have to wait for the whole book to get a glimpse at them. He wants to be good, and he is good, and once he gets over his initial issues, he is pretty open about his feelings. And Jeremy, the slave, is not a stupid kid who'd make even *me* want to spank him. He is sharp, generous, strong, noble and makes surprisingly little drama despite everything that happens to him.
Well, and A LOT happens. It's really hurt-comfort, hurt-comfort, hurt-comfort, rinse repeat. And the hurt is pretty extreme for me to ache for it to end at last and
August 5, 2015
Okay, I think this was clearly a guilty pleasure for me - I know I shouldn't have loved it quite as much as I did.
Jeremy's family has fallen on hard times and to save them, he sacrifices himself to a life as a personal slave with no chance of manumission. There is the remarkable coincidence that the only man Jeremy has ever had a secret crush on just happens to have the means to buy him at a slave auction after seeing him endure a brutal sexual assault disguised as an 'examination'.
Equally Virgin Master has the reader suspend disbelief enough that grieving Evan (who lost his lover four years ago) had noticed Jeremy at college and would have acted on it if not for his committed relationship to now deceased Justin. Both Jeremy and Evan are drop dead gorgeous and the latter is also mind bogglingly rich. Unlikely wouldn't you say?
Anyhow I love the slave in public friend in private trope and the moments of sanctuary juxtaposed with the oppressive life of a slave in the public domain - constantly in threat of censure or punishment were intriguing.
Unbeknownst to Evan there were forces at play intending to destroy his reputation and seize his company (TBH this seemed a further stretch of the imagination) and Jeremy is vulnerable and the weakest link in the nefarious plotting.
I was however completely invested in both MCs and their struggle to adjust as slave and owner negotiating their way in a potentially hostile world as Evan attempts to deal with his guilt and grief and rediscover his humanity; whilst Jeremy adjusts to life as a slave stripped of his human rights and reduced to chattel.
I had issues with the plotting and that two hundred years in the future felt more like twenty. On the other hand, the bureaucracy and indifference to those deemed slave was chillingly portrayed. At its heart this was a charming romance with a brutal dystopian backdrop.
So yes a guilty pleasure, filled with flaws but loads of angsty good stuff too - a bit like indulging in a heady cocktail, there may be some ingredients you're not so keen on but the overall it is heady and delicious mix.
Jeremy's family has fallen on hard times and to save them, he sacrifices himself to a life as a personal slave with no chance of manumission. There is the remarkable coincidence that the only man Jeremy has ever had a secret crush on just happens to have the means to buy him at a slave auction after seeing him endure a brutal sexual assault disguised as an 'examination'.
Equally Virgin Master has the reader suspend disbelief enough that grieving Evan (who lost his lover four years ago) had noticed Jeremy at college and would have acted on it if not for his committed relationship to now deceased Justin. Both Jeremy and Evan are drop dead gorgeous and the latter is also mind bogglingly rich. Unlikely wouldn't you say?
Anyhow I love the slave in public friend in private trope and the moments of sanctuary juxtaposed with the oppressive life of a slave in the public domain - constantly in threat of censure or punishment were intriguing.
Unbeknownst to Evan there were forces at play intending to destroy his reputation and seize his company (TBH this seemed a further stretch of the imagination) and Jeremy is vulnerable and the weakest link in the nefarious plotting.
I was however completely invested in both MCs and their struggle to adjust as slave and owner negotiating their way in a potentially hostile world as Evan attempts to deal with his guilt and grief and rediscover his humanity; whilst Jeremy adjusts to life as a slave stripped of his human rights and reduced to chattel.
I had issues with the plotting and that two hundred years in the future felt more like twenty. On the other hand, the bureaucracy and indifference to those deemed slave was chillingly portrayed. At its heart this was a charming romance with a brutal dystopian backdrop.
So yes a guilty pleasure, filled with flaws but loads of angsty good stuff too - a bit like indulging in a heady cocktail, there may be some ingredients you're not so keen on but the overall it is heady and delicious mix.
April 21, 2014
I was captivated by the world building but I was flabbergasted by Evan's naivete. I don't know any Amish people but I know how they live, it seemed so odd how blind he'd been and as a captain of industry Evan would have tougher balls. You can be a leader and still be kind. At times he was almost stupid about the way things worked.
Jeremy was interesting and smart. The secondary characters were good enough that I wanted to know more about them. Allen, Sean and Tom piqued my curiosity, I wanted to know them. Jordan Brewer created had some violent scenes but chose to write around it to help the reader from experiencing the attacks but we still felt the terror, agony and shame.
I normally don't notice but there were some serious typos that would have bothered others but to tell you the truth I so happy with a long novel length of the book I would forgive everything. This is Master/slave fiction. I woke up in the middle of the night just to read some more.
Yum!
Jeremy was interesting and smart. The secondary characters were good enough that I wanted to know more about them. Allen, Sean and Tom piqued my curiosity, I wanted to know them. Jordan Brewer created had some violent scenes but chose to write around it to help the reader from experiencing the attacks but we still felt the terror, agony and shame.
I normally don't notice but there were some serious typos that would have bothered others but to tell you the truth I so happy with a long novel length of the book I would forgive everything. This is Master/slave fiction. I woke up in the middle of the night just to read some more.
Yum!
September 24, 2013
I thought the author did an excellent job of setting the parameters for an alternate reality. She explained her world very clearly, and it is scary that her world could become our world during our generation. And if you think today's society is unfair, it could be much worse.
Essentially, if you fall into heavy debt, you choose debtor's prison or slavery. This is how Evan and Jeremy reunite. They were contemporaries in college, but now Jeremy is up for auction to try to save his family from a similar fate. I fell in love with the protagonists and their adjustments to the Master/slave dynamic kept me in "one more chapter" mode until the wee hours of the morning. Yes, there are disturbing and brutal scenes, but unfortunately they are believable within this realm. But this is also a great love story that details how two individuals persevere.
I highly recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys a dark love story that you will still be thinking about weeks later.
Essentially, if you fall into heavy debt, you choose debtor's prison or slavery. This is how Evan and Jeremy reunite. They were contemporaries in college, but now Jeremy is up for auction to try to save his family from a similar fate. I fell in love with the protagonists and their adjustments to the Master/slave dynamic kept me in "one more chapter" mode until the wee hours of the morning. Yes, there are disturbing and brutal scenes, but unfortunately they are believable within this realm. But this is also a great love story that details how two individuals persevere.
I highly recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys a dark love story that you will still be thinking about weeks later.
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July 25, 2014Grammatically correct but technically stupid.
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October 11, 2014This books world building just didn't make sense to me. People become slaves because of debt yet as soon as you are a slave suddenly you are sub human. Slaves are treated like less than dirt with zero rights, are expected to be violent, and of course Master aren't suppose to love them. This is all well and good for a slave fic but when you base it off of people being free at least part of their life this kind of falls apart. People keeping slaves their entire life are likely to feel affection for them. When anyone falling into debt can become a slave something similar to Evan having a friend/acquiescent become a slave is very possible. It is hard to dehumanize some one you know. It is hard to push through laws that `make people less than human when there is a possibility that they would someday apply to you. The focus on sex in the society is in the extreme that it is laughable as well. Also using our world makes even harder to believe.
I like slave fiction but this one is just to hard to believe.
I like slave fiction but this one is just to hard to believe.
October 29, 2012
Very violent, and Jeremy is always getting raped or beaten. He gets back to Evan and with minimal fuss he is better emotionally. The rules of slavery seemed nonsensical to me. If a slave was valuable, a commodity, why wouldn't the owner have the right and duty to protect it, and why should an outside party be allowed to beat it mercilessly. People are more protective of their dogs. So when Jeremy gets whipped to within an inch of his life for touching a free person, I was skeptical. Plus I hate violence. It does end up HEA, but does Jeremy really have to go through all that?
December 9, 2013
This is a dark story of a make-believe dystopian world of indentured slavery. The love that blossomed between Evan and Jeremy was poignant, most likely because of the world the author had intelligently built around it. The violence and brutality were integral parts of the plot. There were unconsented sex scenes that may be delicate for some readers. If you're easily offended by that, then this book is not for you. But if you're open-minded, this is a story that will pinch your heart and leave a lasting impression.
August 3, 2016
Fortunately the last third of the book pulled it all together. This started out very cheesy, seemingly not well put together. It's tough when a book goes against logic. The abuse of valuable slaves? As objects. The skewed logic that the slaves were like pets or work animals. But not given the same quality of care didn't make any sense
May 12, 2015
Terrible world building, poorly designed and laughable melodrama. To many honest to gods what the f*** are you trying to do here. This is one of the worst slavefics I have read. I couldn't sympathize with anyone because it was so over the top and poorly done.
September 20, 2015
Amazing
This is an amazing and emotional read. Well-written and very intense story about two me trying to love each other in a futuristic America that has legalized slavery. At time very emotional and brutal, captivated me from the beginning.
This is an amazing and emotional read. Well-written and very intense story about two me trying to love each other in a futuristic America that has legalized slavery. At time very emotional and brutal, captivated me from the beginning.
November 1, 2013
I was hooked by page 10. I feel like I'm there, in the room with the protagonists.
May 30, 2014
While idea and world building is quite good, this book begs for serious editing.
June 27, 2020
Interesting
I liked both characters in this, which is hard in a master/slave book. I also liked how well developed the world was.
I liked both characters in this, which is hard in a master/slave book. I also liked how well developed the world was.
February 19, 2017
LOVED IT!
August 11, 2015
3.5-ish*
I don't know what it was but I had to finish this book. The world building didn't make sense. Maybe because it just seemed like trying to justify why people should once again have slaves, but have not actual legitimacy to it. Then there was the fact that this had enough plot for 3 full books, or maybe my attention span has just gotten shorter, but I swear this book should have ended at 53% and again around 85%.. For the world that was built and once I agreed to play along with the rules in this world, I really liked it. I liked Evan (kept reading this as even) and Jeremy and especially Allen, Sean, Tom and Jeff. If the ending was any different I would have started a one woman riot in my living room!
I don't know what it was but I had to finish this book. The world building didn't make sense. Maybe because it just seemed like trying to justify why people should once again have slaves, but have not actual legitimacy to it. Then there was the fact that this had enough plot for 3 full books, or maybe my attention span has just gotten shorter, but I swear this book should have ended at 53% and again around 85%.. For the world that was built and once I agreed to play along with the rules in this world, I really liked it. I liked Evan (kept reading this as even) and Jeremy and especially Allen, Sean, Tom and Jeff. If the ending was any different I would have started a one woman riot in my living room!
January 18, 2015
Oh. My. God.
Fair warning, this book is NOT for sweet and sensitive souls. It will gnaw on you and make you feel more angry and desperate by the minute, before it spits you out all chewed up and feeling icky. And the only consolation will be that you're not dead yet. As if that is ever enough.
This is the power exchange aspect of BDSM applied to the whole world, and it's creepy how easy and plausible Mrs. Brewer makes it feel. Evan felt like the remnant of an old age, so full of nerve and resolve, yet despite his actions, so easy to relate to. The violence and the stench of ethical corruption were ever-present, not allowing me a moment's rest.
But I loved it. I loved every dark, depraved, deranged minute of it.
Fair warning, this book is NOT for sweet and sensitive souls. It will gnaw on you and make you feel more angry and desperate by the minute, before it spits you out all chewed up and feeling icky. And the only consolation will be that you're not dead yet. As if that is ever enough.
This is the power exchange aspect of BDSM applied to the whole world, and it's creepy how easy and plausible Mrs. Brewer makes it feel. Evan felt like the remnant of an old age, so full of nerve and resolve, yet despite his actions, so easy to relate to. The violence and the stench of ethical corruption were ever-present, not allowing me a moment's rest.
But I loved it. I loved every dark, depraved, deranged minute of it.
October 3, 2014
Another gem from Kindle unlimited.
I really enjoy this book , it is a dystopian story with interesting economics and corporate elements. The love story is good, the master and slave thing keep the story interesting. You will find a lot of moments of angst. I promise you will never get bored. To me a MUST READ.
I really enjoy this book , it is a dystopian story with interesting economics and corporate elements. The love story is good, the master and slave thing keep the story interesting. You will find a lot of moments of angst. I promise you will never get bored. To me a MUST READ.
February 19, 2015
I really loved this book!!! I saw a couple of negative reviews and I just can't understand why anyone would give this a bad review! My only complaint is that it ended! I would have liked to see more about them rebuilding their life and maybe a child, since someone forged a certain certificate, we all know that children could be a possibility. Maybe a sequel? Good writing!!!!!!!
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November 23, 2016No rating!
Slavery, rape, torture and emotional abuse? There's no way I can give an unbiased review of this book.
Slavery, rape, torture and emotional abuse? There's no way I can give an unbiased review of this book.
April 27, 2017
Mixed bag
Good writing mechanics. Decent plot arc. The emotional journey of the main protagonists is reasonable if your kink is 'X quickly discovers he loves discipline with the right guy regardless of his only prior experience being violently raped by a baddie'.
However, the writer indulges in one of my pet peeves. World building is sloppy and illogical. An example: Slaves are very expensive yet treated as completely disposable for easily resolvable issues. A little more skill and thoughtfulness in writing would emphasize the dehumanizations of slavery much better than jarring illogic that actually disrupts the flow.
I've read a lot worse. This one just had a more potential.
Good writing mechanics. Decent plot arc. The emotional journey of the main protagonists is reasonable if your kink is 'X quickly discovers he loves discipline with the right guy regardless of his only prior experience being violently raped by a baddie'.
However, the writer indulges in one of my pet peeves. World building is sloppy and illogical. An example: Slaves are very expensive yet treated as completely disposable for easily resolvable issues. A little more skill and thoughtfulness in writing would emphasize the dehumanizations of slavery much better than jarring illogic that actually disrupts the flow.
I've read a lot worse. This one just had a more potential.
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May 1, 2018 It was good up to about 60%, after that it was....monotonous. I don't DNF very often but I just couldn't continue.
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