Review: Only buy if you enjoy SM, slavery and nonconsensual sex!!  No HEA and synopsis mention love....NOT
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 21, 2013
I got into the story, the description of the conditions, treatment, use and abuse of the heroine and the other background characters.  As mentioned in other reviews the Count is a secondary most unimportant character.The synopsis is misleading when it mentions that she is falling in love.  Love is never present in the story.  She is trained to orgasm at request even if nonconsensual, she learns to endure some pain and blur the line of disliking and enjoying it at some point, but she is not presented as seeking to be punished because she enjoys it or excite her.  She is punished and she tries to avoid it.This book is very eye opening and sad because although its fiction this type of business (breeding for money) has been and still is part of human history.  Is eye opening because you hear about it but cant picture how it would be, well, this could be an accurate depiction of how it could be.  As presented in the book negroes were bred and sold for money income or to have free labor, this girl is bred for her blond hair and coloring to make babies to be sold as well.  Sound very much like the aryan race Hitler tried to create during his leadership and maintains with the culture of giving to much value to beauty and looks today.The star rating is mostly because I didn't enjoyed the SM (low stars), however I liked how it was written and how you were transported to the world of slavery and human trafficking (very high stars).Recommended as long as you know what you are getting into: love SM or love learning about disturbing practices.  Otherwise, pass it.