I really enjoyed the seduction, writing, and plot. However, with a Harem I was expecting more smut. ( )

I dropped this one about 4 hrs from the ending. I couldn’t finish it, just had to tap out. Everything was too easy. The bad guy got support from other tribes by nothing but just having access to guns and not from any examples of good leader ship…. But he didn’t have a real supplier of weapons to make a real threat…. Zafirah is a “great leader” but we see no examples of it…. She’s the great sexual being who can just have sex with anyone and they all love it but she doesn’t love anyone…. Not till the one girl shows up…. Dae is an innocent…. But settles right into the harem without a real complaint…… like I just can’t buy it. No one has jealousy and no one is trying to power grab from the inside. Everyone is totally okay with how the kingdom is run (except the main bad guy of course)…. The chemistry between Zafirah and Dae was…. Mild at best. I just had to tap out. ( )

One of the sexiest stories I've ever had the pleasure of reading! It was gorgeously written and made for an utterly captivating fantasy. Zafirah's seraglio came to life as a decadent place made all the more alluring by the atmosphere of enthusiastic consent, happy polyamory and rock solid respect. The erotic scenes were creative, vivid, well thought out and scorchingly hot, the relationships were filled with playfulness and deep affection, and there was even an interesting B-plot about a war waged on Zafirah's kingdom with weapons previously unknown in that land. I loved it.

(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review) ( )

This story takes place in a harem, so of course there is quite a sexual atmosphere, but it is not stifling. More playful, really.

Zafirah and Dae are more or less interesting characters, but I was more interested in the other harem women, especially Inaya. Sadly there aren't many details, although it gets better with time (the beginning reads rather like a summary than a story somehow?). But still this novel is more about telling than showing. This changes with the sex scenes which are very hot and differ from each other.

I find it strange how there is no real conflict. No jealousy, no hating between the women, every one is perfectly confident regardless what happens... it would have been way more interesting with some conflict and more realistic as well.

Disclaimer: The publisher provided me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. Thank you. ( )