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melaniebopp's review
3.0
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Have you ever read that book that was completely different from what you expected? This was that book for me. It stayed pretty true to the book description, but it was still not what I thought it would be.
Gallienus, former soldier and current gate guard for the grand city of Constantinople, feels stuck in his life. He hates his job and feels like he was thrown away after he was injured in battle. But one day, the mesmerizing Misahuen arrives with a caravan. He is immediately attracted to the foreigner, but the laws of the Byzantine empire do more than frown upon relations between men - they prohibit them by death.
So what are the new lovers to do in a country that does not approve of them? The journey they follow covers the lands from Constantinople into China, guarding a merchant caravan along the way. But will they get there safely? And will they find a home that accepts them for who they are?
Have you ever read that book that was completely different from what you expected? This was that book for me. It stayed pretty true to the book description, but it was still not what I thought it would be.
Gallienus, former soldier and current gate guard for the grand city of Constantinople, feels stuck in his life. He hates his job and feels like he was thrown away after he was injured in battle. But one day, the mesmerizing Misahuen arrives with a caravan. He is immediately attracted to the foreigner, but the laws of the Byzantine empire do more than frown upon relations between men - they prohibit them by death.
So what are the new lovers to do in a country that does not approve of them? The journey they follow covers the lands from Constantinople into China, guarding a merchant caravan along the way. But will they get there safely? And will they find a home that accepts them for who they are?
mousegoddess's review
4.0
NOT AT ALL what I was expecting. At all. But I thoroughly enjoyed it. Not a fraught romance, this was a quiet, romantic, historical travelogue. Recommend.
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