A review by mjagears
Jewel of Persia by Roseanna M. White

5.0

Very interesting take on the Esther story (If that's what you want to read, the Biblical events of Esther only occur in the last 20% of the book), but this was quite the unique twist in imagining how those events came about. It's a bit....hard to read with the idolatry and sexual escapades of a harem and the men who viewed women as possessions filling most every page, and yet the romance was satisfying. The author never imposed modern day ideas on the story making it an interesting read as I was taken inside the heads of people who didn't question the idea behind a harem, etc.