![]() ![]() ![]() i think there are some pretty relevant themes and a good commentary on the role of women. ![]() there are also a few things that are left unresolved at the end, which is annoying.īut i did enjoy the story for the most part. maybe its meant to make the story more accessible, but it often took me out of the moment. every day events, modern language, the characters behaving as if they were living in todays world. there are just so many things about the writing and characters that make this feel like a contemporary romance, rather than historical fiction. but with this, if it hadnt been explicitly stated that this is set in first century pompeii, i would have never believed it. ![]() a story set in the 1500s doesnt need to be written in old shakespearean english). while i do want accuracy with historical fiction, i dont expect the writing to necessarily reflect the time period (ie. The thing that bothered me is how modern the story feels. amara is definitely a character worth rooting for. but in the midst of that brutal honesty, this is also a story about friendship and sisterhood, rising after hardships, the value of humanity and self-worth, and the price of freedom. i think it would have done a disservice to the story and characters had it been sugarcoated. this does not shy away from the blunt, violent, explicit living conditions of a brothel slave. The best thing this book has going for it is its candidness. ![]()
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