These are the stories of two innocent young men, taken as plunder by big, brawny Vikings!
***This giant boxed set contains all six sizzling stories in Isabel Dare's bestselling gay Viking series, Taken by the Vikings and Claimed by the Vikings. Length: 50,000 words. Mature readers only.***
Boxed set contains:
Taken by the Vikings When Viking leader Thorvald puts a slave collar around Edric's neck, Edric offers to pleasure the huge Viking in exchange for his freedom. But the other Vikings demand their share of their new thrall, and soon Edric finds himself on his knees, servicing the entire crew...
Owned by the Vikings Captured by the Vikings, Edric must serve their needs on the long voyage home. As the only captive in a longboat full of brawny Viking raiders, he must satisfy all of their lustful appetites or die trying. But Edric is desperate for Thorvald, the huge Viking leader, to claim him for his own.
Used by the Vikings Edric wears the iron collar of a thrall, and thralls have no rights under the law. So when Edric dares to refuse the advances of sly troublemaker Leif, he must be punished. He is bound naked to the Great Oak, and from sunrise til sunset, anyone may make public use of him.
Claimed by the Vikings When Vikings raid the Culverston monastery, young Brother Leo is desperate to save the manuscript he's worked on all year. He tries to hide from the plundering raiders, only to get captured by a scarred Viking who uses him brutally. Leo is saved by Runolf, the Viking leader, who then claims him as his slave.
Shared by the Vikings Leo tries to come to terms with his new life, and above all his new place in his master Runolf's bed. But at summer's end, Leo is chosen to be the offering to the harvest god. Now Runolf must share Leo's favors with all the Vikings in the village!
Bound by the Vikings During a harsh winter in a Viking village, food is scarce and tempers are short. A willing slave, Leo tries to help his master Runolf by doing some chores for another Viking. But Runolf's possessive temper flares up when the other Viking tries to take Leo by force--and now Leo is caught between two giant, muscular, hot-headed Vikings who both want to own him body and soul...
Well, I would have given the 1st 3 books of the collection 3 stars and the last 3 books of the collection 5 stars, so I'll go with 4 stars...2 separate, 3 book series where Vikings take slaves by force when on raids, plundering villages that they come across on their infamous voyages, for the purpose of acquisition of treasure as well as slaves they call "thralls".
Graphic sexual content & mild violence present throughout. While not a fan of bdsm sex, in this case I didn'T mind it so much as the situation of sexual slavery implies non-consensual trysts. Easy to read and fast paced.
I kinda don't know how to feel about this series when I read it a year ago. I was just 18 at that time during pandemic and don't know what to read. No surprise, it is non-consenting with kidnapping, which I'm into because I also read The Minotaur Trilogy.
First off, with Edric and Thorvald's story.
This is a gangbang series/trilogy, until later on with the books, the king of the Vikings, Thorvald, claimed him as their slave alongside his wife. I hated the fact that he's married with a wife and children. I guess that's okay with their tradition and culture to have a thrall. A spoiler though, the most of the whole town had tried him until sundown (only with the Vikings men, I think). LOL. The spit wasn't enough because of their sizes. HUHUHUHUHU. Bless his hole.
Then with Leo and Runolf.
Runolf is a one-man Viking and only adores Leo. Like, he's very careful with his thrall. I think Brother Leo is lucky with him. He's a lot gentler than our last guy, Thorvald. That's why I love him dzaddy. LOL.
All throughout their story, I can feel he's treasuring Leo. There was no other parties such as having a wife or children, though there's a full-blown orgy for the fairest thrall, our Leo. I even thinks Runolf will have Leo as partner for his whole Viking life. I want Runolf all for Leo ONLY. I'm that selfish when I'm favoring an MC.
I love them, though. Ugh. 9.5/10 rate for this!
I kinda want to collab with Dara Isabel. If only. She's an amazing smut, seggsy short story writer. I adore her books! Because of her stories, I came up with a lot of plots. LOL. I'm rambling, okay bye.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
This book was a fun weekend read bug could have been longer and a more full story. It's basically gay erotica. The 2 stories were a fun read but could have been more of a story then focusing on the sex between the characters.
Have read something simalar like these books the story was told so much better in this series of books. Told to the point you could not stop reading and in some ways you felt you was there as the story unfolded. In someways I wonder if something like this could have happen in the past at the time of these stories were suppose to happening! Enjoy