Review: Worth the read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2012
I was a little leery on how good this story could be could be considering it's only 117 pages, but I really liked the idea and excerpt so I bought it. I'm glad I did. The story did not feel rushed and it was developed well. I cared about Auri and what was happening to him. I give the author major credit especially for two things: her 'aliens' and the development of Auri's feelings. I really appreciated how the author made the Felinians physically different (they have tails,etc), though not so much that they felt like real animals. Often when I read an excerpt about 'aliens' they look just like humans. However, when I encounter a book on aliens or another species I expect them to be physically different in some way and I appreciated that the author did this. The development of Auri's feelings was also very well done. Auri's feelings change throughout the book and considering that he was pretty much sold off in the beginning it took more complicated events and emotions for him to admit love. I'm glad that the author didn't take the easy way out and just make Auri suddenly realise how great Kanar was and how wrong he had been to not want this union. Instead the author took a more complex, realistic approach of shifting emotiosn and a trail of events that slowly changed Auri's mind in a realistic manner.Some warnings. There is rape is this book and I'm surprised that the publisher's didn't warn potential buyers of this. It's not a glorified, I will eventually grow to love this man afterwards rape. It is dark and real. Auri suffers from it. In addition, *potential spoiler* while Felinians are not overly animalistic there is a scene with Auri and Kanar toward the beginning where the Felinian is in rut. During this time he does act more like an animal(biting the back of Auri's neck, being rough with him, etc.) but this is only for that scene.Overall, this was an enjoyable read that had an interesting alien culture with well developed emotional growth.