A review by booksabrewin
Echoes of Silence by Indie Black

Wren is sold by her parents in a human trafficking auction house and purchased by four men who feel as if they have mafia connections. They seem to want to rescue her as much as they want to keep her for themselves. Wren has been savaged and mistreated since she was sixteen years of age so she is extremely untrusting of any other person.

I didn’t get very far into the book before I realized that this was a MMMFM dynamic book which means the female protagonist is entering into an already established dynamic with the men. While that sort of situation is usually commonplace in reverse harems, it is not my cup of tea. I prefer dynamics where the men are all straight and hopelessly devoted to the female and only the female. Don’t get me wrong, if I am reading a romance that is strictly M/M I am all for it. I guess with bisexual characters it feels a bit more… “cheaty” since there are other relationships within the core relationship between the female and her male partners. Reverse Harem > Polyamorous essentially. With a TBR in 2024 of over 200 books I need to be picky with my reading selections and while this book could be stellar to someone who may not have my same preferences, it wasn’t for me. I might revisit it down the line if my viewpoints change a bit more.