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Saving Setora #1
Stolen
It all began when the road warriors found me outside Hell’s Burning, lost and dehydrated. When the bikers took me into The Compound, I thought I was saved.
Especially when, as a Violet—a rare genetic anomaly prized above all—I’m taken in and raised by one of the wealthiest men in the world. Educated and groomed by the best teachers money could buy, I mistakenly thought he had a great future planned for me, one in which I’d be cared for and cherished.
I was wrong.
For centuries, women have been sold as slaves. In my 18th year, my benefactor reveals a truth that shatters my world. I’m to be put on display before the wealthiest of society at one of the biggest auctions this world has ever seen…as a slave.
But that night at the auction, something goes wrong. I am stolen by members of the infamous Dark Legion, a road warrior crew feared the world over. Torn from the only world I have ever known, now I have not one master, but four.
I shouldn’t want these dangerous, deadly men with their leather cuts and their growling bikes, but the deeper my captors draw me into their dark and twisted world, the more I crave what they do to me. They stole me from a powerful man who’ll stop at nothing to get me back. If I don’t find a way to escape soon, my new masters might just steal my heart.
***Stolen is Book One of the Saving Setora series, a dark, dystopian Reverse Harem romance with biker tones. There is no cheating, and the final book ends with an HEA for Setora and her four men. This full length novel contains triggering elements and four twisted heroes who know how to own a woman right.
Especially when, as a Violet—a rare genetic anomaly prized above all—I’m taken in and raised by one of the wealthiest men in the world. Educated and groomed by the best teachers money could buy, I mistakenly thought he had a great future planned for me, one in which I’d be cared for and cherished.
I was wrong.
For centuries, women have been sold as slaves. In my 18th year, my benefactor reveals a truth that shatters my world. I’m to be put on display before the wealthiest of society at one of the biggest auctions this world has ever seen…as a slave.
But that night at the auction, something goes wrong. I am stolen by members of the infamous Dark Legion, a road warrior crew feared the world over. Torn from the only world I have ever known, now I have not one master, but four.
I shouldn’t want these dangerous, deadly men with their leather cuts and their growling bikes, but the deeper my captors draw me into their dark and twisted world, the more I crave what they do to me. They stole me from a powerful man who’ll stop at nothing to get me back. If I don’t find a way to escape soon, my new masters might just steal my heart.
***Stolen is Book One of the Saving Setora series, a dark, dystopian Reverse Harem romance with biker tones. There is no cheating, and the final book ends with an HEA for Setora and her four men. This full length novel contains triggering elements and four twisted heroes who know how to own a woman right.
268 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 31, 2018
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Raven Dark
54 books682 followersAs a young girl Raven Dark dreamed of being abducted by a savage alien warrior, whisked away by a brutal pirate, or rescued by a cape-bearing hero. When none of these men came to claim her, she brought them to life in her stories. Then twenty years ago she met the man of her dreams. He doesn't wear a cape, fly a spaceship, or wield a sword, but sometimes she swears they've mind melded.
Raven lives with her dream man in the Mundane world's version of Ontario, Canada.
Raven lives with her dream man in the Mundane world's version of Ontario, Canada.
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August 2, 2023
3 stars ig?
➥ what type of weird ass motorcycle club planet is this😭🤣
➥ steel and pretty boy are soooooooo boring and so are their sex lives. Just give me Hawk (despite being a dystopian Christian grey💀) and sheriff.
➥ the heroine always let everyone believe the worst of her without clarifying a thing, it pissed me off to no end.
➥ I like how that super special star birthmark was mentioned twice and forgotten. Like four men have seen you naked and not ONE noticed??
➥ The magical insta lust and betraying body syndrome was so severe here, that I am still not entirely convinced this isn't a paranormal fated mates typa thing. If it isn't, girl has some problems.
➥ Despite the complaints, I will pick up the next book because the promise of all these men suffering is too tempting.
➥ what type of weird ass motorcycle club planet is this😭🤣
➥ steel and pretty boy are soooooooo boring and so are their sex lives. Just give me Hawk (despite being a dystopian Christian grey💀) and sheriff.
➥ the heroine always let everyone believe the worst of her without clarifying a thing, it pissed me off to no end.
➥ I like how that super special star birthmark was mentioned twice and forgotten. Like four men have seen you naked and not ONE noticed??
➥ The magical insta lust and betraying body syndrome was so severe here, that I am still not entirely convinced this isn't a paranormal fated mates typa thing. If it isn't, girl has some problems.
➥ Despite the complaints, I will pick up the next book because the promise of all these men suffering is too tempting.
May 19, 2018
I don't think it is possible to put up strong enough trigger warnings for this series.
Let me get the positive aspects of this book up front here, since the rest of this review is going to be pretty blisteringly negative. STOLEN was, from a technical standpoint, pretty well written. The world is viscerally compelling and extremely immersive. Within the context of its own rules, it is very well-articulated and believable.
(EDIT: see update after reading Book 2 at end of review)
That said, you need to decide if what that world shows you is something you can live with inhabiting during your read...
STOLEN takes "dark" to a whole new level. One with little to redeem it. What does it say about a book when there are only three characters to like, and only one of them is a main character/part of the harem? (I could only find redeeming qualities and like the thirdabuser harem member, Hawk, along with two secondary characters - best friend Cherry and her grandfather Dice.)
And what does it say when the onlyabuser harem member I liked was one she still had no choice about being with (because she is his slave)? He threatened her with a knife, rubbed acidic juice into the scrapes, wouldn't let her come, nearly strangled her to death when awoken from a nightmare, then took her brutally when he fully woke up. But it all felt "not too bad" because it felt like a more "normal" Dom/sub relationship where there was at least some level of caring involved. Ouch.
If that is the benchmark for the "nice" guy I can sort of like, you can just imagine what Pretty Boy, Steel and Sheriff are like. I kept waiting for that moment when they seemed to realize how wrong their behavior is and started to care for her - which would ultimately change their behavior and give me a reason to try to get past their earlier actions. (Though that would still be damn hard because the abuse was pretty dang bad.) Unfortunately, just when PB and Steel started to connect and seemed to begin to care for Setora, and she for them, they decided they couldn't have that. They consciously decided they never would change and she'd just have to learn that, and went back to humiliating and abusing her. Which was even worse because now she wasn't prepared for it. And I won't even get into how awful Sheriff's treatment of her at the end was.
At the very end, when they are looking for her, one of the guards asks what her name is so he can ask around. And ALL of theabusers harem members realize they had never bothered, or even thought to bother, to ask her name. NONE of the abusers harem members knew it. Good god.
Now, I get that this all makes sense in the context of the world the authors have built. I do. And it does. But I don't understand the need to build it. Well, no, that's not true. I DO get it. But if you are going to go that dark, at least please make the progression AWAY from that continual. No backsliding. Because the backsliding feels even worse. Much worse. Put all the horrible early on and then let the story build with ALL characters toward something better. Where they learn there is a better way.
In some ways, STOLEN feels a little like reading a snuff film (minus the murder of course). It unabashedly rolls around in the taboo of slavery and seems like it's trying to make it "okay" because that's just the way things are. It is unflinching and not something you will be able to look away from or ignore. Visceral and disturbing and difficult.
Afraid I can't recommend this one to anyone. A big no from me, though maybe there are folks that would have fewer problems with the subject matter than I did? *shrug*
EDIT: I continued on to read SANCTUM (book 2), and it was everything STOLEN was not. Plenty that was just as dark. Still very flawed and screwed up characters. Some very very difficult scenes of BDSM and power exchange that went to difficult places - including one scene that was about as bad as some of those in Book 1, maybe worse. However, this time... there was caring there. And most importantly, there was consent. Which cast absolutely everything in a different light for me. So... if you can make it through this, there is quite a compelling story that comes out the other side. Though you still may, or may not, be able to forgive the men for their actions.
Let me get the positive aspects of this book up front here, since the rest of this review is going to be pretty blisteringly negative. STOLEN was, from a technical standpoint, pretty well written. The world is viscerally compelling and extremely immersive. Within the context of its own rules, it is very well-articulated and believable.
(EDIT: see update after reading Book 2 at end of review)
That said, you need to decide if what that world shows you is something you can live with inhabiting during your read...
STOLEN takes "dark" to a whole new level. One with little to redeem it. What does it say about a book when there are only three characters to like, and only one of them is a main character/part of the harem? (I could only find redeeming qualities and like the third
And what does it say when the only
If that is the benchmark for the "nice" guy I can sort of like, you can just imagine what Pretty Boy, Steel and Sheriff are like. I kept waiting for that moment when they seemed to realize how wrong their behavior is and started to care for her - which would ultimately change their behavior and give me a reason to try to get past their earlier actions. (Though that would still be damn hard because the abuse was pretty dang bad.) Unfortunately, just when PB and Steel started to connect and seemed to begin to care for Setora, and she for them, they decided they couldn't have that. They consciously decided they never would change and she'd just have to learn that, and went back to humiliating and abusing her. Which was even worse because now she wasn't prepared for it. And I won't even get into how awful Sheriff's treatment of her at the end was.
At the very end, when they are looking for her, one of the guards asks what her name is so he can ask around. And ALL of the
Now, I get that this all makes sense in the context of the world the authors have built. I do. And it does. But I don't understand the need to build it. Well, no, that's not true. I DO get it. But if you are going to go that dark, at least please make the progression AWAY from that continual. No backsliding. Because the backsliding feels even worse. Much worse. Put all the horrible early on and then let the story build with ALL characters toward something better. Where they learn there is a better way.
In some ways, STOLEN feels a little like reading a snuff film (minus the murder of course). It unabashedly rolls around in the taboo of slavery and seems like it's trying to make it "okay" because that's just the way things are. It is unflinching and not something you will be able to look away from or ignore. Visceral and disturbing and difficult.
Afraid I can't recommend this one to anyone. A big no from me, though maybe there are folks that would have fewer problems with the subject matter than I did? *shrug*
EDIT: I continued on to read SANCTUM (book 2), and it was everything STOLEN was not. Plenty that was just as dark. Still very flawed and screwed up characters. Some very very difficult scenes of BDSM and power exchange that went to difficult places - including one scene that was about as bad as some of those in Book 1, maybe worse. However, this time... there was caring there. And most importantly, there was consent. Which cast absolutely everything in a different light for me. So... if you can make it through this, there is quite a compelling story that comes out the other side. Though you still may, or may not, be able to forgive the men for their actions.
November 30, 2018
OMG, what did I read? This wasn't a dark romance, this was just disgusting.
I hated all the "Heroes" and their abuse of the "Heroine". She's their slave and they are her Masters. They abuse, humiliate and rape her all the time. They don't even know her name.
I also hated the world they lived in. Some post-apocalypse thing, were women were slaves and owned by men. Not one woman was free. At 18 they're all sold to new masters and live their live as a baby-maker or a pleasure slave.
I hated how the men in this book (also the Heroes) called the women. Degrading names. Disgusting.
I hated all of it. For me this wasn't a dark read. This wasn't BDSM. This was just humiliating, twisted and wrong. And how can they ever form a relationship, based on what happened in this book? Do the men just say sorry, and call it even? Or is this just how they are, their nature? What's the sense of all the humiliation and abuse? Is it just fun?
I'm over with this. And this author. Sorry, not sorry.
I hated all the "Heroes" and their abuse of the "Heroine". She's their slave and they are her Masters. They abuse, humiliate and rape her all the time. They don't even know her name.
I also hated the world they lived in. Some post-apocalypse thing, were women were slaves and owned by men. Not one woman was free. At 18 they're all sold to new masters and live their live as a baby-maker or a pleasure slave.
I hated how the men in this book (also the Heroes) called the women. Degrading names. Disgusting.
I hated all of it. For me this wasn't a dark read. This wasn't BDSM. This was just humiliating, twisted and wrong. And how can they ever form a relationship, based on what happened in this book? Do the men just say sorry, and call it even? Or is this just how they are, their nature? What's the sense of all the humiliation and abuse? Is it just fun?
I'm over with this. And this author. Sorry, not sorry.
March 12, 2024
Review for the whole series - this is a great dystopian RH with Mad Max vibes, very good plot, worldbuilding, steam, and characters, and some BDSM elements, and dub/ non con.
In this dystopian world of desert landscapes and motorcycles, most women are slaves. Setora has been raised as one in the mansion of a powerful man. When she’s 18, there’s an auction to sell her. Two of the heroes sneak in, steal her, and take her to their MC clubhouse. So, this is the trope, “sweet innocent heroine raised in luxury is taken captive by rough biker heroes...but her new life is better than her old one.”
It’s about the same darkness level as Lords of Pain / Dukes of Ruin, but slightly less dark after this first book. (Setora enjoys sex with the heroes, but obviously consent is iffy when she’s their slave. But in the second book This has a blanket "this is dark" content warning, but it doesn’t specify that it has dub/non con, master / slave stuff, and some degradation. It should have specified! That would have saved it from all the 1 star reviews it doesn’t deserve. It’s definitely not for everyone - you WILL find this series frustrating if you can't read this type of material, or if you can't read a sweet heroine who gets treated badly by her heroes, and doesn't get revenge or make them grovel. (Usually, I do need revenge or hero groveling, but the lack of it works for me in this story). If you can read this type of material, it’s a top tier RH series.
The heroes are Steel (former gladiator brute who’s a softie on the inside), Pretty Boy (carefree one who looks like an angel), Hawk (stoic warrior who’s into BDSM type stuff), and Sheriff (intimidating leader). They’re all complicated, well developed, and interesting. Some RHs feel forced, but this one feels natural, since multiple men sharing 1 woman is the norm in this society. But they’re possessive of Setora being just for the 4 of them.
Setora is sweet, submissive, and heroic. She doesn’t really try to fight back, and she accepts the heroes pretty fast. But in the context of this world and her life experience, she doesn’t come across as a doormat, to me. She tries to figure out how to thrive in the situation she’s been thrown into. Normally I don’t like heroines this sweet, but here, it works to balance out the darkness of this world. Although the heroes are less harsh after this book, they don’t really grovel. But the lack of one works, since it wouldn’t fit this world where the way they treat her is the norm in their culture, so groveling would feel like they’re suddenly pivoting to our morals in our world, not what makes sense for theirs. Plus, they put in the work with actions and words to show her how much they care about her. (It's still master / slave stuff the whole time, though, so if you can't read that, you won't like this).
Obviously there’s a lot of misogyny in this world, but the story itself doesn’t feel like it endorses that. It’s the opposite. Every character comes to question the established order of things. But that’s woven in naturally, it doesn’t beat you over the head with moralizing. And, not all books in the RH trope OR the MC trope have good female friendships, but this series has that, too.
There are rough parts in this book (like one scene when the guys realize they don’t even know her name because they didn’t bother asking. Yikes guys!). But as the story goes on, Setora’s relationship with them evolves A 7 book series is normally too long for me, but these books are fast reads, and the plot never gets repetitive.
It should be more popular than it is. I can’t think of another RH series that balances all of the elements THIS well: interesting plot, good character development, hot steam, thrilling action, vivid world. I get why it’s not more popular, though. It’s in this in-between space where it’s too dark for readers who want sweeter relationships…but for readers who are the opposite and want a pitch dark read with psycho heroes, it’s not dark ENOUGH, since these heroes aren’t psychos. But for readers like me, this in-between is perfect.
In this dystopian world of desert landscapes and motorcycles, most women are slaves. Setora has been raised as one in the mansion of a powerful man. When she’s 18, there’s an auction to sell her. Two of the heroes sneak in, steal her, and take her to their MC clubhouse. So, this is the trope, “sweet innocent heroine raised in luxury is taken captive by rough biker heroes...but her new life is better than her old one.”
It’s about the same darkness level as Lords of Pain / Dukes of Ruin, but slightly less dark after this first book. (Setora enjoys sex with the heroes, but obviously consent is iffy when she’s their slave. But in the second book This has a blanket "this is dark" content warning, but it doesn’t specify that it has dub/non con, master / slave stuff, and some degradation. It should have specified! That would have saved it from all the 1 star reviews it doesn’t deserve. It’s definitely not for everyone - you WILL find this series frustrating if you can't read this type of material, or if you can't read a sweet heroine who gets treated badly by her heroes, and doesn't get revenge or make them grovel. (Usually, I do need revenge or hero groveling, but the lack of it works for me in this story). If you can read this type of material, it’s a top tier RH series.
The heroes are Steel (former gladiator brute who’s a softie on the inside), Pretty Boy (carefree one who looks like an angel), Hawk (stoic warrior who’s into BDSM type stuff), and Sheriff (intimidating leader). They’re all complicated, well developed, and interesting. Some RHs feel forced, but this one feels natural, since multiple men sharing 1 woman is the norm in this society. But they’re possessive of Setora being just for the 4 of them.
Setora is sweet, submissive, and heroic. She doesn’t really try to fight back, and she accepts the heroes pretty fast. But in the context of this world and her life experience, she doesn’t come across as a doormat, to me. She tries to figure out how to thrive in the situation she’s been thrown into. Normally I don’t like heroines this sweet, but here, it works to balance out the darkness of this world. Although the heroes are less harsh after this book, they don’t really grovel. But the lack of one works, since it wouldn’t fit this world where the way they treat her is the norm in their culture, so groveling would feel like they’re suddenly pivoting to our morals in our world, not what makes sense for theirs. Plus, they put in the work with actions and words to show her how much they care about her. (It's still master / slave stuff the whole time, though, so if you can't read that, you won't like this).
Obviously there’s a lot of misogyny in this world, but the story itself doesn’t feel like it endorses that. It’s the opposite. Every character comes to question the established order of things. But that’s woven in naturally, it doesn’t beat you over the head with moralizing. And, not all books in the RH trope OR the MC trope have good female friendships, but this series has that, too.
There are rough parts in this book (like one scene when the guys realize they don’t even know her name because they didn’t bother asking. Yikes guys!). But as the story goes on, Setora’s relationship with them evolves A 7 book series is normally too long for me, but these books are fast reads, and the plot never gets repetitive.
It should be more popular than it is. I can’t think of another RH series that balances all of the elements THIS well: interesting plot, good character development, hot steam, thrilling action, vivid world. I get why it’s not more popular, though. It’s in this in-between space where it’s too dark for readers who want sweeter relationships…but for readers who are the opposite and want a pitch dark read with psycho heroes, it’s not dark ENOUGH, since these heroes aren’t psychos. But for readers like me, this in-between is perfect.
November 22, 2019
Spoiler alert
You know what? I don’t mind triggering themes, or dark themed books. I don’t mind reading books that makes my heart break. Although not my favorite books, i can read books featuring abuse and rape. Especially when the hero/heroine gets their HE, and are respected throughout the book while they work throught the issues with their SO.
Now.... first of all, the trigger warning for this book is disgusting, it’s not okay at all.
“A dark, dystopian rhr, with biker tones. There is no cheating, and the final book ends with a HEA for setora and her four men. This full length novel contains triggering elements and four twisted heroes who know how to own a woman right”.
I am so disgusted with this part. It’s in the damn blurp. I am 69 pages in... 69... and i can already tell you, this “trigger warning” is weak. It should say something along the lines of, “contains triggering elements such as, rape, abuse and slavery.”
I’d also like to point out that this, rape, abuse and slavery is doled out by her 4 heroes, males, in her goddamn harem.
Rape is not okay, neither is abuse nor slavery. Do not try and make it okay or redeeming by throwing BDSM elements into it. She is held against her will, at no point is she treated like a human.
Seeing all of these raving 5 star reviews i just want to scream and throw stuff around. I feel like im in an alternative universe. It’s fine to have rape fantasies, because in the end they’re consentual. Setora is not consenting to this.
Like i mentioned i don’t mind reading dark books, with dark, triggering and twisted themes, dystopian genres and so on. But that’s because they main character ends up with someone that does not abuse, rape or demean them, as they have previously been. The fact that she ends up with a HEA with her “masters” *gag*, who abuse and rape her... god.... im so disappointed. It’s like it’s a common theme in books, i’ve seen this occurring more often lately.
I won’t be finishing this book, i did not like it, at all. And i will definitely never ever finish this series.
You know what? I don’t mind triggering themes, or dark themed books. I don’t mind reading books that makes my heart break. Although not my favorite books, i can read books featuring abuse and rape. Especially when the hero/heroine gets their HE, and are respected throughout the book while they work throught the issues with their SO.
Now.... first of all, the trigger warning for this book is disgusting, it’s not okay at all.
“A dark, dystopian rhr, with biker tones. There is no cheating, and the final book ends with a HEA for setora and her four men. This full length novel contains triggering elements and four twisted heroes who know how to own a woman right”.
I am so disgusted with this part. It’s in the damn blurp. I am 69 pages in... 69... and i can already tell you, this “trigger warning” is weak. It should say something along the lines of, “contains triggering elements such as, rape, abuse and slavery.”
I’d also like to point out that this, rape, abuse and slavery is doled out by her 4 heroes, males, in her goddamn harem.
Rape is not okay, neither is abuse nor slavery. Do not try and make it okay or redeeming by throwing BDSM elements into it. She is held against her will, at no point is she treated like a human.
Seeing all of these raving 5 star reviews i just want to scream and throw stuff around. I feel like im in an alternative universe. It’s fine to have rape fantasies, because in the end they’re consentual. Setora is not consenting to this.
Like i mentioned i don’t mind reading dark books, with dark, triggering and twisted themes, dystopian genres and so on. But that’s because they main character ends up with someone that does not abuse, rape or demean them, as they have previously been. The fact that she ends up with a HEA with her “masters” *gag*, who abuse and rape her... god.... im so disappointed. It’s like it’s a common theme in books, i’ve seen this occurring more often lately.
I won’t be finishing this book, i did not like it, at all. And i will definitely never ever finish this series.
March 17, 2021
Oh wow, I can say this was pretty unique dystopian world. I mean not the part where women are heavily in minority but the dystopian world itself.
Definitely intrigued by this series and I will continue.
I see some similarities with Devil's Outlaws MC. Particularly with h and I am not fan of that BUT somehow this works here better than it worked in other series.
Definitely intrigued by this series and I will continue.
I see some similarities with Devil's Outlaws MC. Particularly with h and I am not fan of that BUT somehow this works here better than it worked in other series.
April 11, 2018
We've all encountered books that makes us a little emotionally unsteady, right? Well, here's another one for you. Have fun!
Spell binding is how I would describe the hold this book had on me. I thought that, if I waited a few days, it would make talking about what I've read a little easier... Nope, still have no clue what to say.
The story basically takes you on a ride called "emotional roller coasters", making you feel coiled tight, wrung out and hell of a lot confused.
I have so many questions, it's ridiculous. I'm not sure what happened, and I have zero ideas on what will happen next, but I'm definitely gonna be there to read about it all. My curiosity won't allow anything else.
Spell binding is how I would describe the hold this book had on me. I thought that, if I waited a few days, it would make talking about what I've read a little easier... Nope, still have no clue what to say.
The story basically takes you on a ride called "emotional roller coasters", making you feel coiled tight, wrung out and hell of a lot confused.
I have so many questions, it's ridiculous. I'm not sure what happened, and I have zero ideas on what will happen next, but I'm definitely gonna be there to read about it all. My curiosity won't allow anything else.
April 3, 2018
I freaking loved reading this book! I devoured it, and when I say devoured, I scraped and licked the plate clean!
The world building was spot on, pulling me in and making me feel as though I was part of a different world!
The different personalities and dynamics of the men were really good, each having their own different traits and impressions.
The character arc for Setora was written really well. She progresses nicely throughout the book, making it feel believable.
I cannot wait for book two, Saving Setora, and so will definitely be preordering!
If you love dark romance, men who are hard, hot and scary, with lots of adventure thrown in, then this series is perfect for you! I'm so glad I joined Setora for the beginning of her journey with the notorious MC gang who get what they want and don't give a hoot about how they get it!
The world building was spot on, pulling me in and making me feel as though I was part of a different world!
The different personalities and dynamics of the men were really good, each having their own different traits and impressions.
The character arc for Setora was written really well. She progresses nicely throughout the book, making it feel believable.
I cannot wait for book two, Saving Setora, and so will definitely be preordering!
If you love dark romance, men who are hard, hot and scary, with lots of adventure thrown in, then this series is perfect for you! I'm so glad I joined Setora for the beginning of her journey with the notorious MC gang who get what they want and don't give a hoot about how they get it!
April 8, 2018
Wow, can I just say that Stolen was such a freaking awesome read. I kept having to read to find out what was going to happen next. How was she going to adjust to her new life, who was going to be her masters and would they share her. I felt so sorry for Setora, her life at the compound with Damien. What a cruel man he was, and you will be hating him as much as me. Even though she was stolen from him, I have a feeling we haven't seen the last of him. Getting stolen by two gorgeous guys, who want her as their slave. To do with as they see fit. Now here is the part some may have a problem with, so be warned if you have a trigger warning. Although I did not find it offensive, some may. Pretty Boy and Steel treat her like a slave, that means taking what they want when they want. However having said that they always make sure she is ready and they lavish attention on her. To me they just seem like alpha men who take what they want, which I happen to find sexy as hell. This story is not for the faint of heart, so if you don't mind a darker theme which includes, alpha men taking what they want, sex in front of others, so far just a 3 some with just mfm, and you do not mind extremely dominant men. Then this book is for you. The sex scenes were so freaking hot, the guys Pretty Boy, Steel, Sheriff and Hawk are such dominant men that they will leave you going "yes please can I be next"! Setora spends her time learning to live with freedoms she didn't have before and her growing feelings for all four of the guys. All of them are sexy, alpha and know what they want, but I am just alittle less taken with Sheriff. I am sure that will change. As each of them get to know each other and feelings grow, the guys thought that they kept a close watch over their little rare flower. But little did they know that the evil man who lost his little Violet wants her back. And yes, it ends on a cliffhanger. But in my opinion it just sets it up perfectly for the second book. Would I recommend Stolen, Hell yes I would!!
October 10, 2019
A book for people who don't have triggers, and who can appreciate characters you hate having redeeming qualities sorta.
Luckily this is fiction because it's dark and twisted in a way that I love to read but would hate if it were my own life. Kinda like a trainwreck you rubberneck as you drive past.
Luckily this is fiction because it's dark and twisted in a way that I love to read but would hate if it were my own life. Kinda like a trainwreck you rubberneck as you drive past.
August 29, 2021
Honestly, when I read the reviews, I was expecting slut shaming, rape, abuse. But there was none of that. I don't know what other people are reading, to have such poor reviews.
The story centers around a young woman, without giving away much of the story, a young woman who is raised as a pleasure slave. It's no secret throughout the entire book that this is what she is. She's kidnapped, or stolen is better word because kidnapped implies that she belonged to someone in the past or whatever, but she is stolen by a bunch of Barbarians to put it matter of factly.
While in the care of these barbarians, she's treated like a pleasure slave, but she's not abused. They don't hurt her. They get her consent. I don't know what some of you people have been reading, but not once was she raped. Not once when she abused.
I think the problem is, people don't read the warnings. Right off the bat they tell you that this is a trigger book. There are some people out there that don't like rough sex. There are people out there that don't understand that people are tormented. They have broken souls. Just because maybe on the outside they look fine, on the inside they could be worked apart. And satora she sees this in these men.
And while she works at trying to heal them, they heal her and return. They open her mind up to sexual pleasures so to speak. Things that she may not have understood. But never once do they say you're going to do this or else.
Even Sheriff gave her an option. A choice. She could do what she was told, or not. She had the choice to either accept her punishment, or not to. Okay sure she had said no, I'm sure that it would have been a lot worse but, she had the choice.
I'll be the first to admit that Sheriff's opinion of her is that fucked up still moving on.
The story overall I enjoyed. Maybe I'm just a kinky fuck I don't know. But the story was very very tame. I have read so many books over the past 6 months, 7 months 8 months whatever, this year. This year I have read so many different genres, different levels of erotica, different levels of trigger warnings. This book is maybe a three maybe a four on the trigger warning scale out of 10.
Honestly I don't even think it was that much lol. Yeah there were some pretty hot parts but I think there was more to the story than just the pleasure slave. There are these men that have these tortured souls. And I just want to like pick them apart and figure out what makes them all tick. I've for one, liked the book. And I would recommend this to several of my friends. As a matter of fact I think I will. Let's see what social media can I hit with this. I think I'm going to issue a challenge to some of my friends on some of my games and see if they have same opinion as I do.
Thanks for reading my review, and to the people that gave this book poor reviews after only reading a couple chapters. Shame on you.
To the author, way to go. You at least got my attention.
The story centers around a young woman, without giving away much of the story, a young woman who is raised as a pleasure slave. It's no secret throughout the entire book that this is what she is. She's kidnapped, or stolen is better word because kidnapped implies that she belonged to someone in the past or whatever, but she is stolen by a bunch of Barbarians to put it matter of factly.
While in the care of these barbarians, she's treated like a pleasure slave, but she's not abused. They don't hurt her. They get her consent. I don't know what some of you people have been reading, but not once was she raped. Not once when she abused.
I think the problem is, people don't read the warnings. Right off the bat they tell you that this is a trigger book. There are some people out there that don't like rough sex. There are people out there that don't understand that people are tormented. They have broken souls. Just because maybe on the outside they look fine, on the inside they could be worked apart. And satora she sees this in these men.
And while she works at trying to heal them, they heal her and return. They open her mind up to sexual pleasures so to speak. Things that she may not have understood. But never once do they say you're going to do this or else.
Even Sheriff gave her an option. A choice. She could do what she was told, or not. She had the choice to either accept her punishment, or not to. Okay sure she had said no, I'm sure that it would have been a lot worse but, she had the choice.
I'll be the first to admit that Sheriff's opinion of her is that fucked up still moving on.
The story overall I enjoyed. Maybe I'm just a kinky fuck I don't know. But the story was very very tame. I have read so many books over the past 6 months, 7 months 8 months whatever, this year. This year I have read so many different genres, different levels of erotica, different levels of trigger warnings. This book is maybe a three maybe a four on the trigger warning scale out of 10.
Honestly I don't even think it was that much lol. Yeah there were some pretty hot parts but I think there was more to the story than just the pleasure slave. There are these men that have these tortured souls. And I just want to like pick them apart and figure out what makes them all tick. I've for one, liked the book. And I would recommend this to several of my friends. As a matter of fact I think I will. Let's see what social media can I hit with this. I think I'm going to issue a challenge to some of my friends on some of my games and see if they have same opinion as I do.
Thanks for reading my review, and to the people that gave this book poor reviews after only reading a couple chapters. Shame on you.
To the author, way to go. You at least got my attention.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 27, 2019
3.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Stars
November 13, 2019
I absolutely hated this book. I actually really hate this whole series. I still read every book, so I think that says something about how good this story is.
The reason I hated it is because I really don't like submissive woman. And in this book took it to a whole new level. There were plenty of warnings, but I thought I could handle it plus I had no idea I felt so strongly about it. I am glad that I read the books though, because the story is to good to pass. There were plenty of times where I was so angry about something happening, that I wanted to throw my tablet against a wall. But a week after I finished the book the feeling went away.
So to sum it up; I felt strongly about this series
The reason I hated it is because I really don't like submissive woman. And in this book took it to a whole new level. There were plenty of warnings, but I thought I could handle it plus I had no idea I felt so strongly about it. I am glad that I read the books though, because the story is to good to pass. There were plenty of times where I was so angry about something happening, that I wanted to throw my tablet against a wall. But a week after I finished the book the feeling went away.
So to sum it up; I felt strongly about this series
May 2, 2018
3,5 ish rating
To bo honest i didn't think it was as dark as i have seen in the reviews, my dark is darker than this, lol.
Anyways, i got just a bit disguested and annoyed that it's always men men and men that has the power, ugh
And thru the whole book it was a fine line between seduction and rape, Setora got raped but later on it seemed like she got turned on and got seduced by the guys.
Btw i hate guys that has the behaviour of hot n cold, just so fucking annoying not sexy at all
I liked 50% of the other part of the book, and got really intrigued at the ending. Made me want to read the next book as well
To bo honest i didn't think it was as dark as i have seen in the reviews, my dark is darker than this, lol.
Anyways, i got just a bit disguested and annoyed that it's always men men and men that has the power, ugh
And thru the whole book it was a fine line between seduction and rape, Setora got raped but later on it seemed like she got turned on and got seduced by the guys.
Btw i hate guys that has the behaviour of hot n cold, just so fucking annoying not sexy at all
I liked 50% of the other part of the book, and got really intrigued at the ending. Made me want to read the next book as well
April 17, 2018
This book is amazing. It all starts with Setora at age 6 and how shes found and then skips ahead 12 years later. I love her unique personality - shes a slave and has been taught the ways of a slave, but she's still not broken. She uses her expressions, her tone and does things a normal slave wouldn't like when she took charge and stitched Pretty Boys cut and when she went into the fire to save Cherry. They all have their own nicknames for her; Pretty Boy calls her Princess, Steel calls her Petal and Hawk calls her Kitten. Sheriff doesnt have a nickname for her yet. There are still some questions to be answered - such as why Sheriff hates Damian so much. What happened to Hawk when he was younger. Whats Cherry's story and who is betraying the gang?
April 27, 2018
Ummm... wow. Really, wow. This was an amazing book. It blew my mind right out of the water. It's dark, it's hot, it's dystopian. I loved every word. I didn't love every character, but in a book like this, not loving all the characters is probably an OK thing. I disliked Sheriff, quite a bit. I really hope that he gets better in the next book. OTOH, it's not necessarily bad if he doesn't. It will definitely add in a new layer of conflict and interest in the story if he doesn't.
Setora is an awesome character. She's a lot stronger than most people realize that she is, I think including herself.
I can't wait to see what's coming up in the next book. It's going to be so good, I think.
Setora is an awesome character. She's a lot stronger than most people realize that she is, I think including herself.
I can't wait to see what's coming up in the next book. It's going to be so good, I think.
May 7, 2018
Amazing!!!!
Wow, I absolutely love this book. Its deliciously dark, steamy, and simply a book I will read over and over again. I couldn't put this down at all. The characters, storyline,world, everything is a new take on dark romance... Definitely a must read!!!
Wow, I absolutely love this book. Its deliciously dark, steamy, and simply a book I will read over and over again. I couldn't put this down at all. The characters, storyline,world, everything is a new take on dark romance... Definitely a must read!!!
May 17, 2018
KU
DNF this started out well enough then seemed to be heading towards a crass sex fest. Not my cup of tea.
DNF this started out well enough then seemed to be heading towards a crass sex fest. Not my cup of tea.
May 15, 2018
This book has a unique story line for me.I like that Setora is realistic in her actions since she has been raised as a slave.Too many times a heroine will mouth off or do something equally dumb in a dark romance in my opinion. Really would you be so ready for punishment yourself that you would be assertive and difficult? The men seem to be dominant alpha males who are a little to careless with Setora. I am hoping in the next book they develop a little more appreciation for the special female they have. I got emotional, couldn't put it down , and am looking forward to next one. Fingers crossed it won't be too long for the second book.
April 2, 2018
I have voluntarily asked to be included to a bunch of wonderful people reviewing a complimentary copy of this, knowing first and foremost how the ride that is this read will be like. With that said, I haven't prepared myself enough for the tumultuous thoughts and feelings this read provoked out of me. I just love every lascivious and breathtaking chapter of it! (Be warned: I'll try to be as coherent as possible because omfg I am so not over this!)
I love love love reading the darkest, sickest read of them all and I am so grateful to come upon this piece. I don't know if I'm just being hardcore or what but this read actually feels heavier on the angst side, rather than on the taboo and dark side. Aside from being set on a kind-of dystopian world wherein females are enslaved because of their deteriorating population (I know, men's logic, right? *eyeroll*), it took up more on the hardened lives of most of the characters.
Which brings me to our heroine, Setora. This precious 'Violet' is such a fresh breath of air in a world of gloom and hurt. You know how heroines in this type of settings is always portrayed as badass but a little too impulsive to ever make a not-so-annoying decision? Setora is definitely not that one. She seems to bend to the situations life has been throwing at her which makes her a great survivor in a chauvinistic world of misogynists. I find her character awe-inspiring; the epitome of a feminine sweet and spicy characterization.
But that's not to say she doesn't have any imperfections. She has hero-worship on a wrong person which eventually lead her to one colossal, rude awakening. I'm not sure I want to call her naive though for radiating such brightness and warmth because naive is another word for ignorant. And Setora is not an ignorant heroine. Heck, she goes out her way to look less intellectual than the men around her because she knows how fragile their ego were. Lol. #TrueStory. #SorryNotSorry. Again, it goes back to her being versatile - to be able to bend but not break. She deserves all the love left in this world and more!
It's almost funny reading four respected men emotionally scramble around her. Almost, because I am pretty vengeful and I want them to stop dilly-dallying. God, that ending! I can't help but sneer at them for letting Setora be stolen back under their noses. I demand book 2 and redemption from the end of the men. huhuhuhu
Last but not least. Just as an addition in overall. I know I always talk about men and their stupidity and their delicate ego but I want to say just how much more cruel women can be. In a world where men are pigs, why can't a woman lend a helping hand or just a subtle emotional support to another woman? I mean, we all are samesies! But some just can't help but be catty and petty to other women. Ugh. Where's the sisterhood? Might save one another that way. /LeSigh/
I especially wanted to bitch-slap silly that handler from the auction. Good God. S/o to Setora and her patience to envious females, btw.
Anyway, I hope I have done this review justice. Fml. I promise I am usually more eloquent than this. At least I think so. I'm just so overwhelmed with joy and excitement for receiving a copy of this one and at the same time overwhelmed with devastation and angst because THIS READ!!!
I. CANNOT. WAIT. FOR. MORE.
PS HAWK IS MY FAVE. The men have all been delicious. Just need to prove they won't leave Setora hanging or I might cut me 4 pairs of crushed balls. Just kidding. I'll just gut them heroes.
PPS FANGIRLING OVER HERE BECAUSE DARK + RH = BLISSFUL READER
April 3, 2018
UGH!! I want book 2 NOW....
Darn good RH, I can’t wait to read book 2 and see what happens next.
Setora is a little naive and innocent for being a slave, but I really like her grit and personality.
Her men, now Sherriff yeah he can f*ck off, but Pretty Boy, Steel and Hawk yeah I’m totally digging them.
Darn good RH, I can’t wait to read book 2 and see what happens next.
Setora is a little naive and innocent for being a slave, but I really like her grit and personality.
Her men, now Sherriff yeah he can f*ck off, but Pretty Boy, Steel and Hawk yeah I’m totally digging them.
June 23, 2018
I enjoyed this book for what it was. Dark, erotic and well written. But as a strong independent woman, it was very hard to imagine and I wanted to nut punch all the mens...violently!!.. lol...😂...On to the next book.
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May 19, 2018DNF
April 30, 2018
3.5 Stars
Stolen: Saving Setora is book one in a dark dystopian erotica series about a young woman who is highly prized because she is a natural “violet”. What this means is Setora, living in a world where the female population is diminishing and very few can procreate, stands apart because as a violet she is more likely to carry a pregnancy to term. The distinguishing trait to these women are their purple hair and eyes. Violets are highly prized, coveted and rare. So, needless to say, the book starts with a bang and is action packed! Setora is homeless, exploited for her violet colouring, desired by men and hated by women.
When Setora is of age, an auction is held where she is the prize bid. Her owner Damien stands to become wealthy off of Setora’s sale. Poor Setora just wants to be placed in an arranged marriage with some important official and start a family. At least this is what she’s raised to think. When she is told she will be auctioned off, Setora’s fear sets in. What happens instead is Setora’s abduction by two men from a mysterious MC gang that want to keep her for themselves.
And so, the debauchery begins. Stolen: Saving Setora is a reverse harem story. Setora is shared by four men. Her introduction into this secretive MC gang is nothing to be envious of. She is debased and treated like chattel. I actually really disliked a lot of what happened to Setora after her abduction by Pretty Boy and Steel. There are other aspects to this part of the book that I had a hard time swallowing, but I know I’m in the minority on this. PB, Steel and Hawk seem to be the favourites for reviewers, however I felt that the book had more depth with Setora’s relationship to Sheriff. Sheriff doesn’t trust Setora but he deeply desires her. His mistrust of Setora and her purpose in his club really plays out the dark dystopian undertones to this world, where PB and Steels’ relations with Setora are just sheer debauchery. I also enjoy Hawk. He’s a fantastic character, but the way the story is written, the first 50% of the book focuses on the MFM dynamic of PB, Setora, and Steel. Then PB and Steel get sent on a mission (which I think was intentional to get them away from Setora) and Hawk’s relationship to Setora develops in the second half of the book. I felt that the book had two stories/themes taking place. They were not fluid and lacked a substance I crave in dystopian fiction. The debauchery of PB and Steel vs. the calculated seduction by Hawk and the violent aggression by Sheriff all brought different divided tones to the story. Once PB and Steel were gone on their mission, I enjoyed reading the dynamics between Setora with Hawk and then with Sheriff. But again, I think I’m in the minority on this.
There are plenty of elements in this story that I saw as favourites to attracting readers to this story. There is the whole dystopian setting. Then the whole MC gang which brings a huge fan base. Obviously the Dark Erotica combined with Reverse Harem and finally, a world with a dwindling female population. These elements are all the perfect ingredients to make a pretty fantastic story! But, I also think all these elements need to have their due attention and not rival one another throughout the plot. This is my opinion of course, but it was a major factor in my rating. I really didn’t see the point of making Setora this fertile highly prized woman because she can produce offspring only to be given birth control. As well, she had been “trained” in the ways to seduce a man, but some of this is contradictory. She’s a virgin who has never touched a man, but has been taught the ways of pleasuring them. Men in this world don’t like women who read, this can be punishable, yet Setora can read. And this is just a couple examples. Sheriff questions Setora’s arrival and if she is purposely planted in his world to infiltrate his organization.
Sooooo.... what does this all mean? Well, I’m hoping that there is some important meaning to the unanswered plot details in the second book and not just info to provide short term conflict between characters. (Are the authors going to address the significance of Setora’s mark on her inner thigh?)
I really enjoyed the last 50% of this book and I’m hoping some of the puzzle pieces find their place in book two!
Stolen: Saving Setora is book one in a dark dystopian erotica series about a young woman who is highly prized because she is a natural “violet”. What this means is Setora, living in a world where the female population is diminishing and very few can procreate, stands apart because as a violet she is more likely to carry a pregnancy to term. The distinguishing trait to these women are their purple hair and eyes. Violets are highly prized, coveted and rare. So, needless to say, the book starts with a bang and is action packed! Setora is homeless, exploited for her violet colouring, desired by men and hated by women.
When Setora is of age, an auction is held where she is the prize bid. Her owner Damien stands to become wealthy off of Setora’s sale. Poor Setora just wants to be placed in an arranged marriage with some important official and start a family. At least this is what she’s raised to think. When she is told she will be auctioned off, Setora’s fear sets in. What happens instead is Setora’s abduction by two men from a mysterious MC gang that want to keep her for themselves.
And so, the debauchery begins. Stolen: Saving Setora is a reverse harem story. Setora is shared by four men. Her introduction into this secretive MC gang is nothing to be envious of. She is debased and treated like chattel. I actually really disliked a lot of what happened to Setora after her abduction by Pretty Boy and Steel. There are other aspects to this part of the book that I had a hard time swallowing, but I know I’m in the minority on this. PB, Steel and Hawk seem to be the favourites for reviewers, however I felt that the book had more depth with Setora’s relationship to Sheriff. Sheriff doesn’t trust Setora but he deeply desires her. His mistrust of Setora and her purpose in his club really plays out the dark dystopian undertones to this world, where PB and Steels’ relations with Setora are just sheer debauchery. I also enjoy Hawk. He’s a fantastic character, but the way the story is written, the first 50% of the book focuses on the MFM dynamic of PB, Setora, and Steel. Then PB and Steel get sent on a mission (which I think was intentional to get them away from Setora) and Hawk’s relationship to Setora develops in the second half of the book. I felt that the book had two stories/themes taking place. They were not fluid and lacked a substance I crave in dystopian fiction. The debauchery of PB and Steel vs. the calculated seduction by Hawk and the violent aggression by Sheriff all brought different divided tones to the story. Once PB and Steel were gone on their mission, I enjoyed reading the dynamics between Setora with Hawk and then with Sheriff. But again, I think I’m in the minority on this.
There are plenty of elements in this story that I saw as favourites to attracting readers to this story. There is the whole dystopian setting. Then the whole MC gang which brings a huge fan base. Obviously the Dark Erotica combined with Reverse Harem and finally, a world with a dwindling female population. These elements are all the perfect ingredients to make a pretty fantastic story! But, I also think all these elements need to have their due attention and not rival one another throughout the plot. This is my opinion of course, but it was a major factor in my rating. I really didn’t see the point of making Setora this fertile highly prized woman because she can produce offspring only to be given birth control. As well, she had been “trained” in the ways to seduce a man, but some of this is contradictory. She’s a virgin who has never touched a man, but has been taught the ways of pleasuring them. Men in this world don’t like women who read, this can be punishable, yet Setora can read. And this is just a couple examples. Sheriff questions Setora’s arrival and if she is purposely planted in his world to infiltrate his organization.
Sooooo.... what does this all mean? Well, I’m hoping that there is some important meaning to the unanswered plot details in the second book and not just info to provide short term conflict between characters. (Are the authors going to address the significance of Setora’s mark on her inner thigh?)
I really enjoyed the last 50% of this book and I’m hoping some of the puzzle pieces find their place in book two!
April 11, 2018
Wow is all I can say, this book took me by surprise. This was not what I was expecting to read, the book definitely drew me in and I could not put it down! I read the entire book in one sitting, yes, the book was intriguing but it had a couple of drawbacks for me (that does not mean that it does not work for others!).
I love the idea of the time frame the story is set in, the future dystopia. I find the take on a limited supply of women an interesting take, but I'm not sure I enjoyed the slave concept. Maybe that makes me an idealist but I would have thought that with limited number of women that they would have been revered at bit more then what is implied. It does add to the layers of the story having the women and Setora being slaves, the idea that the book is about men who need and thrive on control, it does add a bit of spice to the story.
Setora herself is a strong, intelligent, and kind character. To have been picked up at the age of 6, and trained to be "the perfect" pleasure slave, then prepped for auction only to be kidnapped, she never seems to let it affect her. She is constant, she is who she is and accepts the way of life, she befriends those who seem to despise her for her very existence because she is the Violet (the special breed of women). She tends the men who become her Masters even when it seems they are nonredeemable, she cares and is kind. I think that this is one of the reason i couldn't put it down, it is her unwavering character that draws you into the story even when events are not to the your liking.
The men in this story are strong, controlling, with an underlying caring side (as in it is hidden and they dont want to show it). Each man brings a different type of personality to the table. I will say it will be interesting to see where and how these different personalities develop and what happens in this series.
I look forward to the next books release.
I love the idea of the time frame the story is set in, the future dystopia. I find the take on a limited supply of women an interesting take, but I'm not sure I enjoyed the slave concept. Maybe that makes me an idealist but I would have thought that with limited number of women that they would have been revered at bit more then what is implied. It does add to the layers of the story having the women and Setora being slaves, the idea that the book is about men who need and thrive on control, it does add a bit of spice to the story.
Setora herself is a strong, intelligent, and kind character. To have been picked up at the age of 6, and trained to be "the perfect" pleasure slave, then prepped for auction only to be kidnapped, she never seems to let it affect her. She is constant, she is who she is and accepts the way of life, she befriends those who seem to despise her for her very existence because she is the Violet (the special breed of women). She tends the men who become her Masters even when it seems they are nonredeemable, she cares and is kind. I think that this is one of the reason i couldn't put it down, it is her unwavering character that draws you into the story even when events are not to the your liking.
The men in this story are strong, controlling, with an underlying caring side (as in it is hidden and they dont want to show it). Each man brings a different type of personality to the table. I will say it will be interesting to see where and how these different personalities develop and what happens in this series.
I look forward to the next books release.
April 9, 2018
HOLY MOLY!
Setora was found at the young age of six years old wondering outside the gates of one of the zones.
She was brought in by a group of bikers who realized her worth.
Of the wealth she could bring them.
Being sold was a scary thought, but after twelve years with her Master, she looked to him like a father.
It was a mistake on her part.
His only purpose for the things he did was to keep her in the most pristine condition possible until she became the ripe age of eighteen and he could sell her once again to the highest bidder.
However, things do not go the way it was planned and Setora is stolen.
Wow!
It's hard to get my feelings wrapped around this book.
There are so many things to say, so many feelings to express.
First off, a warning is needed.
This a dark reverse harem romance.
Not for the faint of heart.
If you don't like particular things happening in the bedroom, you should probably not read this book.
It is not your typical love story.
While the tough guys seem to lower their guards around Setora, it isn't for long and then they are throwing them up once again, higher than they were before.
This book deals would be what most would typically consider a motorcycle gang type book set in a dystopian style world.
Ends on a cliffhanger.
Makes you sigh in frustaration because you want more right away.
Told from one point of view mainly-Setora.
However, you do get the epilogue from another aspect-Pretty Boy.
I would love to see more of the guys views in the second book.
I think it would be interesting see what they have to say, their feelings on certain things.
For the most part, you feel satisfied with what is going on.
Never feel like you are missing out on any information.
I do hope we find out what is so special/important about being a Violet.
This book just sucked me in from the beginning.
I just kept flipping the page, needing to know what was about to happen.
The characters were amazing.
The chemistry and tension was amazing.
I loved the setting of the atmosphere/world.
I was just hooked on everything from the very beginning.
I highly recommend reading this book.
You will not be disappointed.
I have not read many dark RH books, and I'm so glad that this is one of them and that I enjoyed it so very much.
Setora was found at the young age of six years old wondering outside the gates of one of the zones.
She was brought in by a group of bikers who realized her worth.
Of the wealth she could bring them.
Being sold was a scary thought, but after twelve years with her Master, she looked to him like a father.
It was a mistake on her part.
His only purpose for the things he did was to keep her in the most pristine condition possible until she became the ripe age of eighteen and he could sell her once again to the highest bidder.
However, things do not go the way it was planned and Setora is stolen.
Wow!
It's hard to get my feelings wrapped around this book.
There are so many things to say, so many feelings to express.
First off, a warning is needed.
This a dark reverse harem romance.
Not for the faint of heart.
If you don't like particular things happening in the bedroom, you should probably not read this book.
It is not your typical love story.
While the tough guys seem to lower their guards around Setora, it isn't for long and then they are throwing them up once again, higher than they were before.
This book deals would be what most would typically consider a motorcycle gang type book set in a dystopian style world.
Ends on a cliffhanger.
Makes you sigh in frustaration because you want more right away.
Told from one point of view mainly-Setora.
However, you do get the epilogue from another aspect-Pretty Boy.
I would love to see more of the guys views in the second book.
I think it would be interesting see what they have to say, their feelings on certain things.
For the most part, you feel satisfied with what is going on.
Never feel like you are missing out on any information.
I do hope we find out what is so special/important about being a Violet.
This book just sucked me in from the beginning.
I just kept flipping the page, needing to know what was about to happen.
The characters were amazing.
The chemistry and tension was amazing.
I loved the setting of the atmosphere/world.
I was just hooked on everything from the very beginning.
I highly recommend reading this book.
You will not be disappointed.
I have not read many dark RH books, and I'm so glad that this is one of them and that I enjoyed it so very much.
April 1, 2018
Not having read anything by these two authors I was going in blind as I don’t normally read Dystopian but boy what a ride. Stolen is a MC book like no other and the dystopian back drop is immense and very detailed to the point I could plainly see that world and everything in it. The storyline is fast paced and kept me stuck in my kindle til the very end. I was hooked and I couldn’t put it down. It’s packed full of twists and turns that I didn’t see a couple of them coming and every time I thought I knew which way the story was heading the authors cunningly changed the direction and threw in another twist. I loved the characters... Setora I found looked a bit weak but really she was full of sass and she is learning to stand on her two feet, the guys well they were just smoking hot mess of yumminess each one bringing something different to the dynamic but I can’t work them out yet and although the chemistry between them all was scorching I do think that they are holding back and they have their own agenda to which I don’t know... I do think they two of them have tried to fight it to which they have failed and I think they have already fallen. We are left with one hell of a cliff hanger and I can’t wait for the next book to find out what happens to them and if some of the questions I have have been answered.
April 9, 2018
OMG I loved this book. So dark. So gritty. So let's get down to the dirty deets. This is a DARK RH! That means that it will push your limits. Do not read this if you have triggers, if you don't like the domination, if you don't like dark reads. It's not going to be for you. If you do like it and you want to know a little more, keep reading.
This is not modern day and our world. This is a world after a virus has wiped almost everyone out, especially women. The women that are left are slaves. Setora is not only special b/c she's female but for others reasons as well. So when she's raised by Damien to know her place as a slave and to please a man, she knows what to expect of her future. Except she doesn't, not what he really had in store for her. Luckily for her, she's stolen away by two men. She's not sure that situation is going to end up any better for her at first though.
So yea, she's a slave. They treat her like a slave. Do they throw her down and just ram right into it, NO they don't. Even if it's not what she asked for, she enjoys herself. Do they treat her like crap sometimes, YES. Even non dark RH has the A-hole male leads though. The story itself is amazing. I finished this last night and I'm still thinking about it and dying to read the next one.
This is not modern day and our world. This is a world after a virus has wiped almost everyone out, especially women. The women that are left are slaves. Setora is not only special b/c she's female but for others reasons as well. So when she's raised by Damien to know her place as a slave and to please a man, she knows what to expect of her future. Except she doesn't, not what he really had in store for her. Luckily for her, she's stolen away by two men. She's not sure that situation is going to end up any better for her at first though.
So yea, she's a slave. They treat her like a slave. Do they throw her down and just ram right into it, NO they don't. Even if it's not what she asked for, she enjoys herself. Do they treat her like crap sometimes, YES. Even non dark RH has the A-hole male leads though. The story itself is amazing. I finished this last night and I'm still thinking about it and dying to read the next one.
April 1, 2018
Dark dystopian romance
Wow, still processing how I feel. I wasn't able to put this book down once I started, but it definitely had me filled with a Rollar coaster of emotions. Disgust, anger, arousal, sadness, and a spark of happiness just waiting in the distance. This book is not for the faint of heart, and will make you feel it all, good and bad. Now I'm sucked into the story and I need to know the rest of Setora's story. Her guys? They are hot, but they still have a lot to live up to in my book and better redeem themselves in the next. The book ends on a hell of a cliffhanger, so now I must not so patiently wait to read more of this dark and twisted romance. My one wish? That Setora grows in confidence, and I badly want her to kick someone's ass. If it's the bug bad from her past? All the better! No fear, there is plenty of heat in this book, but it is not tender and loving, all the better, as the MC does seem to enjoy it. The guys may bluster, but she's already wormed her way in. The only question remains...whose the true master in this story? My money's on Setora.
Wow, still processing how I feel. I wasn't able to put this book down once I started, but it definitely had me filled with a Rollar coaster of emotions. Disgust, anger, arousal, sadness, and a spark of happiness just waiting in the distance. This book is not for the faint of heart, and will make you feel it all, good and bad. Now I'm sucked into the story and I need to know the rest of Setora's story. Her guys? They are hot, but they still have a lot to live up to in my book and better redeem themselves in the next. The book ends on a hell of a cliffhanger, so now I must not so patiently wait to read more of this dark and twisted romance. My one wish? That Setora grows in confidence, and I badly want her to kick someone's ass. If it's the bug bad from her past? All the better! No fear, there is plenty of heat in this book, but it is not tender and loving, all the better, as the MC does seem to enjoy it. The guys may bluster, but she's already wormed her way in. The only question remains...whose the true master in this story? My money's on Setora.
April 1, 2018
I am so excited about this series . It's full of all my favorites MC , Dark Romance and Reverse Harem all taking place within this New Dystopian world .
The authors really did a great job writing because they made me feel so many emotions while reading this book Anger , sadness , lust , longing and hope .
I truly loved every character .Setora, is an oddity , prized above all else , that's why she's Taken and trained to be a slave . When she's kidnapped again she has to do everything she can to harden her heart from these four men she now belongs ...believe me it's sometimes hard to read , but the steam meter is off the charts. Each man had different mannerisms , needs and fetishes and even though I wanted to smack some of them upside the head for the way they treated Setora . I honestly cant wait for the next book in this series and a stronger Setora to immerge from the body that was taken from her .
The authors really did a great job writing because they made me feel so many emotions while reading this book Anger , sadness , lust , longing and hope .
I truly loved every character .Setora, is an oddity , prized above all else , that's why she's Taken and trained to be a slave . When she's kidnapped again she has to do everything she can to harden her heart from these four men she now belongs ...believe me it's sometimes hard to read , but the steam meter is off the charts. Each man had different mannerisms , needs and fetishes and even though I wanted to smack some of them upside the head for the way they treated Setora . I honestly cant wait for the next book in this series and a stronger Setora to immerge from the body that was taken from her .
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