How far will you go to break free? Lili escaped Islam, her family, her country, everything that once claimed her. After years of searching for freedom, she arrived in Paris believing she had found it. Instead, it caged her a dead marriage, mounting debt, and sinking into depression.
Desperate for survival, she accepts work in an underground fetish club for the elite where money rewrites morality and every act is a negotiation of power. There, beneath the city's glittering surface, Lili witnesses how easily liberation can resemble submission, and how the female body becomes both weapon and wound.
As she descends into the private games of those who rule her new world, she must decide whether she is a participant or a possession and how much of herself she is willing to sell to stay alive.
A stark, sensual exploration of exile, faith, and the brutal cost of freedom.
I write, I create, I build worlds in my imagination. Writing is my soul, creating is my passion. I write to explore the human mind, I write to reveal what's beneath that beautiful mask of yours. I uncover the darkness within. I dare to free words, I dare to be brave, I dare to say what others afraid to say.
A little person MMC, bits of pee and period fetishes, nestled in the serious drama of a loveless marriage, self-harm and -discovery within millionaire escorting, and a flare for French architecture/art. Family, religion, government and relationship discussions. Really covers all the bases of a troubled life trying to find an exciting if meaningful outlet.
A masterful weaving of many things that come to boil at the right times. Well-plotted. Even when characters are frustrating, the tension is appetizing. More literary or a character study than titillating. Interesting if macabre fetishes that make me want to research more wackiness. So many emotions. The ending will have you craving more for the trilogy to answer some questions. I especially loved when characters tried to verbally smack some sense into each other.