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What Fury Brings
by Tricia Levenseller
Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.
A matriarchal society where the women are expected to go to neighboring kingdoms and steal their husbands, which is exactly what our FMC attempted to do. Everything was going according to her plan, until we realize that she has kidnapped the wrong man. When our MMC is brought back to this female led kingdom, he is taught (against his will) all about what is expected of him as the future husband of a General who is in the running to be the future Queen. He is to be silent in public unless spoken to, if he makes a woman bleed (even during their first intimate time together) it means death for him, he must always wear the jewelry that shows that he belongs to his future wife, and a whole host of other rules that would seem absurd in our society. There's also the pesky problem of he is a kidnapped Prince, and his father is out for blood.
It was very different to read a book where this was the way the kingdom was run. I can honestly say that I would not have wanted to live there, as the laws were extreme. I can see why the author wanted to flip traditional roles on their heads, but it wasn't a selling point for me personally. If you're going into this expecting a spicy read, you will probably be disappointed. While there is a huge amount of talk revolving around sex, including but not limited to: brothels, sex work, self pleasuring to prepare for intimacy, etc, there is really only one open door scene, and it is at the very end of the book. (We're talking around 97% of the way through.) So please don't expect to be reading a spicy romance. This is more about battle, kingdom politics, and betrayal.
A matriarchal society where the women are expected to go to neighboring kingdoms and steal their husbands, which is exactly what our FMC attempted to do. Everything was going according to her plan, until we realize that she has kidnapped the wrong man. When our MMC is brought back to this female led kingdom, he is taught (against his will) all about what is expected of him as the future husband of a General who is in the running to be the future Queen. He is to be silent in public unless spoken to, if he makes a woman bleed (even during their first intimate time together) it means death for him, he must always wear the jewelry that shows that he belongs to his future wife, and a whole host of other rules that would seem absurd in our society. There's also the pesky problem of he is a kidnapped Prince, and his father is out for blood.
It was very different to read a book where this was the way the kingdom was run. I can honestly say that I would not have wanted to live there, as the laws were extreme. I can see why the author wanted to flip traditional roles on their heads, but it wasn't a selling point for me personally. If you're going into this expecting a spicy read, you will probably be disappointed. While there is a huge amount of talk revolving around sex, including but not limited to: brothels, sex work, self pleasuring to prepare for intimacy, etc, there is really only one open door scene, and it is at the very end of the book. (We're talking around 97% of the way through.) So please don't expect to be reading a spicy romance. This is more about battle, kingdom politics, and betrayal.