I had a difficult time with the slavery themes here. While I knew it going in, there were a few moments of discomfort when Etan began to display his ink.This is an interesting story with layered world-building. At times, it was confusing. Because it's first person POV, we learn about the society and...
Possible spoilers.There isn't much going on for the the first 60 or so percent. Not much of m/m romance, not much sex (save for the tiniest scene of 3-4 paragraphs), not much angst, love, hate or any kind of feeling for that matter. It's mostly every day life of a tattoo master, his servants and his...
Possible spoilers.There isn't much going on for the the first 60 or so percent. Not much of m/m romance, not much sex (save for the tiniest scene of 3-4 paragraphs), not much angst, love, hate or any kind of feelings for that matter. It's mostly every day life of a tattoo master, his servants and hi...
Possible spoilers.There isn't much going on for the the first 60 or so percent. Not much of m/m romance, not much sex (save for the tiniest scene of 3-4 paragraphs), not much angst, love, hate or any kind of feelings for that matter. It's mostly every day life of a tattoo master, his servants and hi...
Possible spoilers.There isn't much going on for the the first 60 or so percent. Not much of m/m romance, not much sex (save for the tiniest scene of 3-4 paragraphs), not much angst, love, hate or any kind of feelings for that matter. It's mostly every day life of a tattoo master, his servants and hi...
Possible spoilers.There isn't much going on for the the first 60 or so percent. Not much of m/m romance, not much sex (save for the tiniest scene of 3-4 paragraphs), not much angst, love, hate or any kind of feelings for that matter. It's mostly every day life of a tattoo master, his servants and hi...
The first 75% of this is just beautiful, safe, subtle....nothing. Secondary characters fill the pages. But the imagery is beautiful, soothing and pleasant. A false sense of security develops inside the reader. The last quarter becomes incredibly tragic and maudlin.And still beautiful, poetic.I loved...
I read this book a while back, and even now -- or perhaps it's because it is 'now'-- I struggle to write a review and give a rating. Time hasn't made it easier to collect my thoughts, but nor did having the fresh, raw feelings seeping out and around me like an open, gaping wound. Fascinating. Yet I ...
This fantasy novel has a well thought-out plot, a cast of individual, interesting characters and wonderful, wonderful world-building (showing, not telling). It was told in first person POV through the eyes of young Etan, innocent and alone in the world, he falls upon hard times as his father dies ...
What an intense reading. Deserving of 4.5 stars. I admit that some of its charm came from the parallel I drew to "Memoirs of a Geisha". But even without that, the story had a particular pull, that kept me focused and within the story from first page till the last. [spoiler] Etan was a young boy,...
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