Review: ***Spoilers
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2013
I finished this book. And I make that strange statement because I wanted to abandon the whole thing after I read the first part of the book. I persevered and found parts of the story I enjoyed. Nevertheless, I couldn't forget the horrific beginning. Circe, our heroine, is raped. She wakes up in another world and finds herself with a bunch of other women about to be hunted, captured, and taken as wives by a primitive tribe of warriors. Part of the "hunt" is that when captured, the new wives are raped where they're found by their new husbands. They are then paraded nude through the rest of the tribe and presented before the King. The King is supposed to be our hero. Lahn has let many hunts pass without finding a wife. When he sees Circe he goes after her. Oh, and by the way, when the warrior catches his wife, he hooks a chain attached to his waist to his wife's necklace thus leashing the woman like an animal. After the hunt, Circe is taken to Lahn's tent where he continues to rape her day after day. The rest of the story is like a case study of Stockholm syndrome. Circe falls for her captor. On the upside (not) he only hits her once.I'm not really sure why KA gave us this book. Sure Lahn can be sweet to Circe but, come on, he rapes her. No getting past that. One thing I'm sure of...this one won't be on my list to reread.