波斯刺客: 囚徒之舞

by 深海先生

妖孽病嬌祭司兼帝王攻X桀驁不馴禁慾刺客受。美攻美受。

【他的眼底很暗，流露出的佔有慾蝕骨穿心。
假若弗拉維茲是從天上墮落的星辰，仍在塵埃裡竭力散發著光華，那麼這魔頭便是從鮮血沉積的沼澤裡盛放的曼佘羅，能誘人墜入到地獄裡去。
我毫不懷疑這個買下我的人是個魔鬼。遇上他，也許就是我當年從弗拉維茲身邊逃走的報應。
羅馬，將成為我新的牢籠，讓我就像當年身陷在雅典那個地獄般的艷窟裡，又變回一頭困獸。】

一個曾經ED的借助蛇發女妖的力量重生的鬼畜情癡，誘捕回從他身邊逃走的波斯小愛人的故事。
背景在公元四世紀波斯薩珊王朝與羅馬交戰期間，歷史架空微魔幻，CP確定，1V1。

內容標籤： 情有獨鍾 愛情戰爭 西方羅曼

搜索關鍵字：主角：尤里揚斯，阿硫因 │ 配角：沙普爾二世，君士坦提烏斯二世，伊什卡德，拉伊厄斯 │ 其它：

689 pages, ebook

Reviews

[Kynthos-the-Archer (Kyn) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sad bittersweet ending but I love it to bits. The romance is so twisted that it borderlines on psychotic level. Which is of course the magic to capture my total attention. Seems like I have this deep fascination to dysfunctional relationships. The more fucked up it is, all the more intrigued I am with it. Need I start worrying about my state of mind?

The English translation for the title should be Persian Assassin: Prisoner's Dance by Mr. Deep Sea. I was first introduced to this author's work via another fabulous story he/she had written; 德萨罗人鱼 (Dersharow Merman) . It was an impressive mythical merfolk fantasy. Epic really. So good I have read it twice! I planned on re-reading it again in future.

Persian Assassin is also a fantasy but this time it is a story with a Persian country's background filled with mysteries, spies with dangerous missions, political intrigue, supernatural power and I was delighted to discovered an mpreg subplot complete with magical birth!

The story was a very engrossing read and one of the best gay Romeo & Juliet kind of romance ever! It was filled with burning passion and the plot was action packed, an adrenaline junkie's heaven. The protagonist and his love interest is a pair of true star-crossed lovers. Yes it was tragedious but have no fear as at the end of it the author gave us a glimpse of hope and happiness.

I do adore the protagonist but not as much as his love interest who is a multifaceted character. That mysterious man is neither good or bad, he is cruel yet tender, utterly obsessive and possessive towards the protagonist, and very much a self-serving man yet self-sacrificial when it comes to protecting their love. As for the protagonist, he is a pretty face with guts and he is also loyal to a fault. As a well honed assassin he is agile, quick and lithe. He moves like a cat, a wild cat when he is sneaking into enemy's territory or when he fights. Think Prince of Persia or the Catwoman. The guy is a sexy ball of energy. The story started with him being sold as a pleasure slave at the market where he met a mysterious guy who bought him and held him captive at his mansion. A lot of puzzling things started to happen when he met that guy. It turned his world upside down and spiraling to the abyss of no return. Tried as he might to avoid that man but fate would not let him go easily.

What I noticed most when reading Chinese BL novels is that their men are real men. They don't act like girls even when they are the receiver. I really appreciate this cos if I wanted to read about girls being dominated by men, I could have just gone for a heterosexual romance book. Yes I would most definitely recommend this book. The story has imprinted itself on my mind forever. Should one day some kind soul actually helped to translate it into English, please do not miss the opportunity to read it for yourself.


*Reviewed on July 24th, 2016
(Finished reading it on 31st March 2016, that was uhmm about 4 months ago. Yes it took me a long time to get to this review. I am such a procrastinator. Red shamed face.)