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A review by miabdour
Book of Orlando by Laura Lascarso
5.0
Excellent. Absolutely brilliant work.
I bow to Laura Lascarso.
This work is meticulous and intentional.
This story is narrated from a second-person point of view. Which I personally haven’t seen in recent memory. This story couldn’t have been told any other way.
This is Henry speaking directly to Orlando, and vice versa. We are not the audience to their story, they are the audience of their story.
So cool. I am geeking out a bit… because, seriously, very very cool.
This story is incredibly dark and has a lot of elements that push the limits of morality.
It definitely needs trigger warnings but they’re in a way spoilers:
The romance between Orlando and Henry is non conventional. Think greek mythology and the relationship between gods and mortals.
Their romance is one with elements of obsession, devotion, worship, power, manipulation that leads to a twisted sort of dark love.
There is an ominous tone throughout the book, a hint of a future that could hinder everything that they’ve built, everything that they are to each other… and in their own twisted ways it’s love and it’s the forever kind.
When Henry ( Demi-God & Blood Born ) meets Orlando ( 6 years old, mortal, ballet dancer) he is not in the best frame of mind. Years of solitude and a life spent repented of past discretions has left him empty and stuck.
Orlando gives him life, purpose, joy, friendship and brings out his better nature. In return Henry is Orlando’s salvation, his guardian angel, his protector.
Orlando is a neglected child who clings to Henry. He is relentless in his pursuit. Henry is his anchor and eventually becomes his everything.
Their relationship is by no means a healthy one. And seriously Orlando needed to go see a therapist. But they fit one another and their relationship had moments of beauty. Their chemistry is off the charts.
This was a seriously wonderful read, incredibly stimulating and well written. I had doubts about reading an incomplete series. I have no regrets now. Though this does end with a cliffhanger, it’s the most satisfying kind. In a sense you now have the beginning of their relationship. The story of how they met and fell in love. It was enough to leave me content and look forward to next book. Highly recommend!
I bow to Laura Lascarso.
This work is meticulous and intentional.
This story is narrated from a second-person point of view. Which I personally haven’t seen in recent memory. This story couldn’t have been told any other way.
This is Henry speaking directly to Orlando, and vice versa. We are not the audience to their story, they are the audience of their story.
So cool. I am geeking out a bit… because, seriously, very very cool.
This story is incredibly dark and has a lot of elements that push the limits of morality.
It definitely needs trigger warnings but they’re in a way spoilers:
Spoiler
pedophilia off-page, inappropriate sexualized relationship between Orlando ( 16-18) and Henry ( 2000+), non-consensual sexual relations, golden shower, threesome, violence …The romance between Orlando and Henry is non conventional. Think greek mythology and the relationship between gods and mortals.
Their romance is one with elements of obsession, devotion, worship, power, manipulation that leads to a twisted sort of dark love.
There is an ominous tone throughout the book, a hint of a future that could hinder everything that they’ve built, everything that they are to each other… and in their own twisted ways it’s love and it’s the forever kind.
When Henry ( Demi-God & Blood Born ) meets Orlando ( 6 years old, mortal, ballet dancer) he is not in the best frame of mind. Years of solitude and a life spent repented of past discretions has left him empty and stuck.
Orlando gives him life, purpose, joy, friendship and brings out his better nature. In return Henry is Orlando’s salvation, his guardian angel, his protector.
Orlando is a neglected child who clings to Henry. He is relentless in his pursuit. Henry is his anchor and eventually becomes his everything.
Their relationship is by no means a healthy one. And seriously Orlando needed to go see a therapist. But they fit one another and their relationship had moments of beauty. Their chemistry is off the charts.
This was a seriously wonderful read, incredibly stimulating and well written. I had doubts about reading an incomplete series. I have no regrets now. Though this does end with a cliffhanger, it’s the most satisfying kind. In a sense you now have the beginning of their relationship. The story of how they met and fell in love. It was enough to leave me content and look forward to next book. Highly recommend!