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Claimed by Elle Kennedy
5.0

I'm going with a 4.5 but have increased to a 5 because I really did love it. I understand why people are up in arms about this book, they see dystopian and expect that, not this. They're expecting a Dystopian book with some romance that's usually the case, by this book really focuses more on sexuality as that's an oppressed thing in this world.

Basically, it's not something I've seen in Dystopian books. But the first thing I'd describe this would be an Erotic romance, it hair has a dystopian setting. Does that make sense? Probably not. But either way I can see why people aren't fans. I know many readers who don't like sharing or when a male protagonist goes off with another woman src, and that does happen here. I don't mind that so it wasn't an issue, and while the 'whorehouse' as they called it had me a little weary, by the end of the book I was invested in everyone!

There's some MFM stuff, nothing too extreme, there no anal or anything, there's stuff about control etc, but next to all that was a great story about a man who wants to avenge some nasty shit that went down, and a girl running from a sadistic man contracted to wed her. She finds love and friendship and family with his group of outlaws and struggles with hiding her identity as the sister of the guy in the government he thinks is responsible for their deaths.

It's not for everyone, but I loved it and already want to read the next two. Ashamed of myself for letting bad reviews (by some people who only got a short way in) sway my decision to read this when it came out, especially when I was so eager and probably would have still loved it then.

On a side note, while the sex was hot, they probably could have been a touch less and it wouldn't have effected the story, but I ain't complaining.