Review: Would Like to More about the World
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2012
The Auction was more mainstream than the rest of Kitty Thomas' works. Notice I didn't say COMPLETELY mainstream. After all, we're talking about a Kitty Thomas work, and her stories are anything but mainstream. I'm just saying more mainstream than not at all.Belle was unique amongst the characters Ms. Thomas has presented in the past. Belle has a bit of rebellion in her which couldn't be squashed. I loved that. Sure she had a master, but in no way was she under his thumb. Quite a change of pace from the typical Kitty Thomas fair. If you've shied away from some of her other works because of a less than strong female, you might give this one a try.The only issue I had with The Auction was based on person preference. I couldn't get into banging a dragon like humanoid monster with sharp pointy teeth any more than I could picture doing it with a vampire. That's my hang up. After all, there are plenty of vampire whores... I mean lovers out there.Ms. Thomas touched briefly on the setting-the colonization of the planet, the difficulties the humans had with the natives, etc. I would have liked to learn more about the world Belle lived in. Like how the colony arrived on the planet, why the humans chose the planet, the origination of the auctions, why the natives confine the humans to the colony, and so on. There's so much about the world I'd like to explore.  I did read Ms. Thomas might someday consider a sequel. So that'd be awesome.I received this work from the publisher in exchange for a review.