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Angie's Gladiator
by Ruby Dixon
3.5 ⭐
Yet another great example of Ruby delving further into a character to show us the enormous bottom of the iceburg...or the frantically paddling duck feet. (Yet another example proving that this series may be a layer of delicious chocolate alien porn on the outside, but the inside is rich, sophisticated dark chocolate mousse.)
The characterizations in this one floored me.
Vordis: He has to come to terms with no longer being a slave and beholden to a master. He is now his own person, but doesn't know who that person is. His whole life he's been a thing...a thing just like every other cloned thing. A clone just like his "brother" Thrand. He could never have hoped to be an individual in his former life and the concept proves to be difficult for him to navigate.
Angie: I had no idea that she was being excluded, but that makes total sense. Everyone is dealing with their own trauma and no one has any mental energy reserve to give to Angie's. After all, what do you say to someone who was likely raped by some unknown alien scumbag as she slept?
The conclusion was very satisfying. We got the best outcome to her pregnancy that we could have hoped for and Vordis circled back to being Thrand's brother after pushing him away.
The one thing I've been missing, however, is some sort of group discussion between Ashtar, Gren, Vordis and Thrand. The ladies discuss their situation all the time. These guys need to feel some solidarity and embrace their found family. They've all been slaves, forced into the same abusive and violent circumstances with no hope of reprieve. It's tragic and each one of their stories are emotional for me.
Yet another great example of Ruby delving further into a character to show us the enormous bottom of the iceburg...or the frantically paddling duck feet. (Yet another example proving that this series may be a layer of delicious chocolate alien porn on the outside, but the inside is rich, sophisticated dark chocolate mousse.)
The characterizations in this one floored me.
Vordis: He has to come to terms with no longer being a slave and beholden to a master. He is now his own person, but doesn't know who that person is. His whole life he's been a thing...a thing just like every other cloned thing. A clone just like his "brother" Thrand. He could never have hoped to be an individual in his former life and the concept proves to be difficult for him to navigate.
Angie: I had no idea that she was being excluded, but that makes total sense. Everyone is dealing with their own trauma and no one has any mental energy reserve to give to Angie's. After all, what do you say to someone who was likely raped by some unknown alien scumbag as she slept?
The conclusion was very satisfying. We got the best outcome to her pregnancy that we could have hoped for and Vordis circled back to being Thrand's brother after pushing him away.
The one thing I've been missing, however, is some sort of group discussion between Ashtar, Gren, Vordis and Thrand. The ladies discuss their situation all the time. These guys need to feel some solidarity and embrace their found family. They've all been slaves, forced into the same abusive and violent circumstances with no hope of reprieve. It's tragic and each one of their stories are emotional for me.