A review by labyrinth_witch
Highland Vixen by Mary Wine

3.0

Mary Wine continues her interesting discussion of women as property and marriage rights in this second book of her highland series. I liked the main female protagonist in this series and her ability to be bold despite the risks. However, there was an element of gang rape in this book that I didn’t appreciate. As gang rape is the most traumatic way a person can be violated, I detest it when authors make that a character’s challenge in order to gain their “freedom.” Also, while this is an interesting discussion of the emotional experience of being traded like property, I don’t like her introducing gang rape and then having that character proceed as if that sort of trauma would not affect her in the least. It makes light of the brokenness and horror managed every day by a lot of women. So, at the end of this story, rather than being emboldened by the female protagonist and aroused by her relationship, I’m focused on the completely unneeded gang rape which makes me feel anything but sexy.