Damen was strong and honorable but occasionally a naive doofus for not seeing what’s right in front of his face.īetween the two - they strike a perfect balance. I loved Laurent! What a complicated character. ~ I wasn’t sure that I would buy into the romance of a slave and his owner but it was done so well and really isn’t about that dynamic at all. But the author does develop this aspect, and Damen’s views over the course of the series so I was happy to see what she did with that. they paid good money and invested a lot of time in them so of course they never treated them badly.
I remember watching the racism episode of Chelsea Handler’s Netflix show, Chelsea Does, where the confederate re-enactor people were defending their ancestors treatment of slaves because…. Because they are trained to be that way! It just rubbed me the wrong way and made me think less of Damen at first. But for some reason because his people *honor* the slaves with nice clothes, and food and don’t torture/beat/rape them (which I agree – is a very good thing!), he sees nothing wrong with it and is always looking back fondly on how nice and submissive his slaves were. However, where Damon is from, Akielos, there is also slavery. The Ugly part 2: The slavery in Vere is awful and violent. If you have ever watched the TV series Spartucus and could handle that – well… this is similar.
It was an unflinching look at slavery and the politics of slavery. It’s all there and it IS hard to read but I didn’t feel like it was gratuitous or used for titillation. The ugly: So I had stayed away from this series because I had heard that there was rape/pedophilia and torture. He needs to try to keep his secret and stay alive until he can escape and claim his throne. The basics: Damen is a prince from Akielos – his brother seizes control after their father dies, making him King, and sends Damen to their rival kingdom’s manipulative Prince Laurent as a bed slave.ĭamen is harboring a really big secret from the Prince that could get him killed.
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