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A review by reading_rainy
Faithless by Crystal Ash
3.0
It’s been about 26 years since the previous series and all has been quiet. The kids are grown-up! Time for the Gods to pick another group of eligible humans to battle evil again.
Slightly spoilery review below.
The main takeaway:
Dystopian/Mad Max feel to the world
Both mmc and fmc are sexually active with others (off page)
The sexual tension was almost painful, nothing until 90%
REALLY graphic gladiator fighting/plus killing animals
Rori (23) is a badass kinda woman. Raised by a very strong mother and fathers, she’s learned how to protect herself and take what she wants from life. Except the man she’s been lusting over for years. She picks lots of bed partners hoping to find what her mother did with her husbands. She’s in love with her best friend Torr, but can’t find the courage to tell him.
Torr (25) was taken in by Rori’s family as a twelve-year-old orphan. He’s been obsessed with Rori for years but has slated his lust with plenty of ow because he just can’t reach out to her and let her know how he feels. He thinks of her every time he’s with someone else.
Rori hates that she is called a whore for having so many bed partners, while Torr is praised for doing the same thing. She is annoyed by the double standard but they both continue to ignore their feelings and pound others.
The Gods speak. They go off on a secret mission together. It’s a high-end spa catering to women.
I liked the additional characters and it’s pretty easy to see the men who will eventually be part of Rori’s harem going forward. There was also a hint that there might be some mm action, so that was positive. I liked the set-up but wished it had moved along faster as the middle was SLOW. The undercover work in a forward thinking “women pleasure” spa was a bit silly. I kept wondering where the hidden cameras were. Honestly both Rori and Torr were TERRIBLE undercover actors, I was surprised they weren’t discovered sooner.
The gladiators/slaves were used for killing each other but were also sex slaves. Women from the spa could pick out the one they wanted for bed play. So after enjoying your facial, and all the killings, you can have the winning gladiator too. There was so much sex with other people in this story! Also, that same crazy-ass man hating cult of women that Shadow (first series) grew up in, were back and I’m SO OVER them.
My disappointment with this one made me seriously question my glowing reviews on the previous series. I wish the author had written a new world, with fresh characters, rather than bring the adult kids into it. It’s not a bad book, it’s just feels like a repeat of the previous series with somewhat new characters.
Slightly spoilery review below.
The main takeaway:
Dystopian/Mad Max feel to the world
Both mmc and fmc are sexually active with others (off page)
The sexual tension was almost painful, nothing until 90%
REALLY graphic gladiator fighting/plus killing animals
Rori (23) is a badass kinda woman. Raised by a very strong mother and fathers, she’s learned how to protect herself and take what she wants from life. Except the man she’s been lusting over for years. She picks lots of bed partners hoping to find what her mother did with her husbands. She’s in love with her best friend Torr, but can’t find the courage to tell him.
Torr (25) was taken in by Rori’s family as a twelve-year-old orphan. He’s been obsessed with Rori for years but has slated his lust with plenty of ow because he just can’t reach out to her and let her know how he feels. He thinks of her every time he’s with someone else.
Rori hates that she is called a whore for having so many bed partners, while Torr is praised for doing the same thing. She is annoyed by the double standard but they both continue to ignore their feelings and pound others.
The Gods speak. They go off on a secret mission together. It’s a high-end spa catering to women.
I liked the additional characters and it’s pretty easy to see the men who will eventually be part of Rori’s harem going forward. There was also a hint that there might be some mm action, so that was positive. I liked the set-up but wished it had moved along faster as the middle was SLOW. The undercover work in a forward thinking “women pleasure” spa was a bit silly. I kept wondering where the hidden cameras were. Honestly both Rori and Torr were TERRIBLE undercover actors, I was surprised they weren’t discovered sooner.
The gladiators/slaves were used for killing each other but were also sex slaves. Women from the spa could pick out the one they wanted for bed play. So after enjoying your facial, and all the killings, you can have the winning gladiator too. There was so much sex with other people in this story! Also, that same crazy-ass man hating cult of women that Shadow (first series) grew up in, were back and I’m SO OVER them.
My disappointment with this one made me seriously question my glowing reviews on the previous series. I wish the author had written a new world, with fresh characters, rather than bring the adult kids into it. It’s not a bad book, it’s just feels like a repeat of the previous series with somewhat new characters.