Damen, erede al trono, viene imprigionato dal fratello e regalato a un principe nemico come schiavo di piacere ( )

This was an interesting read for me. It does have sexual slavery as well as a weird underlying societal hierarchy for it i fell the author does a good job of not just going for the trope. The story is pretty well done and honestly out of the 3 this one has some of the most graphic of the content at the start as well as some underlying mentions of a child and master relationship at one point (which i understand why its there and its dealt with well it just leaves a certain kind of taste ) Most of the graphic stuff at the start can be skipped and the rest of the book doesn't suffer from it. They do a good job of not just making a Stockholm kind of relationship but that said the slave theme carries at least heavily through this book and moderately in the next 2 (treated mostly as a status verses actions like the 1st). The interactions of the princes as the story went I found I liked as well as the strategies and twists but the whole sexual slavery thing was a bit much and leaves you hoping it doesn't pop up nearly as bad later on if at all but its definitely not romanticized or the relationships pushed in the way you'd think they'd be. This book is not for everyone but has somethings going for it i didn't hate it but this one in the set did push me a bit but i did overall enjoy the series its complex and hard to brake down without spoiling some of the later points in the series ( )

No thanks ( )

i read this because i loved the author's dark rise/dark heir series and i wanted more written by them whilst waiting for the third book. this series is... very different lol.

first off, as other reviewers have said, there is graphic sexual slavery. also this is not a romance, i'm sure they'll get together eventually but in this book the two main characters hate each other, and the one who is enslaved gets tortured by the other.

but... it's well written and i like the characters and i want to find out what happens with all the political machinations and i'm kind of hoping maybe being enslaved helps the main character realize that oh hey slavery is wrong? i'm not holding my breath but i'm probably going to read the next one anyway.

and also really hope the author writes more ya because for real dark rise and dark heir are so good. ( )

Hey, if M/M romance isn't your thing, and if you struggle (understandably!) to separate the fantasy of a sexual slavery narrative from the all too real and horrific reality of the slave trade - both historical and current - then this series is not for you. I struggled with the slavery aspects myself, and I'm still not sure that this was my thing. However, the story between the two main characters is compelling and just beautifully written. Generally I deeply detest it when a novel ends in such a way that leaves a reader with no choice but to read a second and third book in order to get a complete story, but this time I'm not even mad. ( )