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mehak_ds's review
1.0
I have never read a more garbage book. It's like taking old school sexism and justifying it. Someone who forcibly subjects anyone to any kind of sexual acts against their will, especially when they verbally say they do not want that happening, are committing ASSAULT and it is not something 'moral' or 'redeemable'. The hero constantly reassured the heroine that he won't 'rape' her. Well, he assaults her throughout and is ridiculously sexist. Also ... He likes the idea of teenage pregnancies??? Wtf is this book???? I have no freaking idea. This is just absolute INSANITY. It's disgusting.
I'm going to add specifics that made me DNF. I know the POINT is that the hero is supposed to be disgusting, sexist, and he changes - but it's just too much, and too similar to the kind of sexism that exists right now.
-a character calls another character r*tarded as an insult. It's never addressed other than as 'foul language'
- the hero masturbates in front of the heroine when she asks him not to. That's revealing yourself in front of someone, and it's assault
-after the heroine suggests a school for boys and girls as a way to merge differences between the countries, the hero fantasizes about TEEN PREGNANCIES?? quote: "Ahh, the thought of teen pregnancies and children being created naturally made my blood flow faster."
-the hero forcibly undresses her and gropes her in the shower after tying her to him?!?!?!
WHAT THE ABSOLUTE HECJ IS THIS BOOK?
Also he farts and laughs about it. That's gross and ew. And I don't need to read about his armpit hair. That's also ew.
I also disliked the stupidity of both arguing that the men of the motherland are as masculine as the men of the north, while also simultaneously describing the men of the north as 'inherently masculine' etc etc. You're undoing all of the work you did by expanding the definition of masculinity to include other types of masculinity, by ONCE AGAIN restricting the definition back to the ooga booga cave man male definition. This book is stupid.
I'm going to add specifics that made me DNF. I know the POINT is that the hero is supposed to be disgusting, sexist, and he changes - but it's just too much, and too similar to the kind of sexism that exists right now.
-a character calls another character r*tarded as an insult. It's never addressed other than as 'foul language'
- the hero masturbates in front of the heroine when she asks him not to. That's revealing yourself in front of someone, and it's assault
-after the heroine suggests a school for boys and girls as a way to merge differences between the countries, the hero fantasizes about TEEN PREGNANCIES?? quote: "Ahh, the thought of teen pregnancies and children being created naturally made my blood flow faster."
-the hero forcibly undresses her and gropes her in the shower after tying her to him?!?!?!
WHAT THE ABSOLUTE HECJ IS THIS BOOK?
Also he farts and laughs about it. That's gross and ew. And I don't need to read about his armpit hair. That's also ew.
I also disliked the stupidity of both arguing that the men of the motherland are as masculine as the men of the north, while also simultaneously describing the men of the north as 'inherently masculine' etc etc. You're undoing all of the work you did by expanding the definition of masculinity to include other types of masculinity, by ONCE AGAIN restricting the definition back to the ooga booga cave man male definition. This book is stupid.
shealwaysreads's review
5.0
This is beyond fascinating, this book brings you up close and personal with a world that doesn't exist but does exist all at the same time. I found myself liking characters I disliked and disliking characters I liked. and the reversing it any doing it all over again multiple time. In the end I fell in love the story, that actual story. The idea that the two sexes can't co exist but are still so dependent on each other and what the other offers . The dialogue between the MC is so fascinating with the love/ hate or more say love/don't want to admit love relationship is so authentically built up that I felt like the third wheel going along for the ride. The devotion that each felt towards their people and yet struggling to find true happiness with what they were taught was wrong. Learning that their emotions are more, that what they ever thought they could be and realizing not all it was it seems.
You got to see new relationships form and watch old relationship develope more. You learned more about the to communities and how this Utopia of the Motherlands is really a world of dystopia. (There is nothing I love more than a good dystopian and this book is so it for me.) Essentially you're getting to witness the fall of two so that it can become one. But it not really a fall more like a growth. You are literally reading the build up of the rise of the better. Make sense, probably not. But it sounded good in my head.
The new characters the were introduced were easy to adore. I mean how can you not adore Raven and here easiness around the Nmen that seem to break down all their wall that they built up. Truly melts my heart with how protective Magni ( all the Nmen ) is over her and the other children. The characters that brief spots in the previous book you learned more about and watch the role grow and see how they actually fit into story and not just to fill in the gap of being a body present in the scene.
I wanted more....The entire time I was reading I wanted more. I want so much more of the the Northlands and the Motherlands. I wanted more Nmen and Motlanders. I just wanted more. I'm ecstatic that there will be more to come and can not wait to see how this plays out.
phallucee's review
I’m halfway through the audiobook and it’s not as good as the first book imo. I don’t like that the first scene was basically rape. She repeatedly said no and he literally begged her to let him fuck her. Later, she says she “ allowed it” but it was such a bad scene it wasn’t sexy at all.
myescapistreads's review against another edition
5.0
What a treat this whole series is. Book 2 did not disappoint - behold the meeting of two cunning, mischievous and devious rulers.
daisyblu3's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
vaniushka's review against another edition
2.0
Futuristic romance
Macho vibes
Note to self: why did you keep on listening? don't do it again
Macho vibes
Note to self: why did you keep on listening? don't do it again
lindas_bookstoread's review against another edition
5.0
I am volunteering to leave a review for an ARC of this book. Elin, another winner! I am so enjoying meeting your characters and seeing their stories unfold. The snappy dialogue I so enjoy from you showed up more toward the last chapters of the book, and I was happy to have it show up. Fantastic how you work that in. Khan was engaging, and I liked that he was a man of power with dark corners that he had to deal with. Pearl's wanting to improve the world selflessly is wonderful. I can't wait to read The Mentor.