Review: heartbreaking
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 6, 2013
Despite some mistakes ('lineament' instead of 'liniment' is quite blatant) this short story is well written.Writing is fluid in itself but the author is also able to create in a few pages a perfectly consistent fantasy world, deftly weaving the needed background information into the plot.Unfortunately she chooses to create a fantasy world where slavery is the norm and she gives the POV to one slave.What is supposed to be a M/M romance turns into a heartbreaking pamphlet against slavery. Lyle's story is that of a sensitive being who has come to be afraid to breathe: beatings, sexual abuse (never shown) and starvation are a normal part of his life.The actual love story is sweet and poignant but ends by being overwhelmed by the deep sadness of the story. This is why I was unable to enjoy this little short story, well written though it is.