The worldbuilding is very good, the 2 main characters are well written and engaging and the main story itself is interesting. However, almost all other characters are pretty one dimensional, especially the other humans, which are pathetic to boot. Then there's the rapes, which makes game of thron...
It was clear the room had not been used. The little things—vases and paintings and delicate sculptures—had been removed now that no one was here to amuse herself by destroying them. The curtains had been taken down and the furniture covered in white cloth. The flayed pikemen who had been her puni...
She gave Devlin a jab with her elbow and he scooted away, mumbling sleepy excuses. She didn’t take it personally. Whatever else he might be, he was still a man and this was morning. How did she feel? Her monitors in the Panic Room told her she was fine, if a little worn out. Being in the body gav...
It was stupid to drive the garbage-choked causeway of Section Seventeen just for a few minutes of air-conditioning in-between clients, but ugh, the heat was just an animal today. Her native co-workers assured her that it would start cooling off in September, but then it would also start to rain e...
Thurga asked slyly.“Eventually,” Olivia replied straight-faced. “They had to beat me back with a stick, but they did manage to pull him away, the six of them.” “Such a handsome, handsome male,” Rumm sighed. “When I see him in the baths, I could just cry, thinking of that fine body wasted on a h...
No, tomorrow would come soon enough and there would be plenty for her to do. For now, she dreamed of home, of walking down a sidewalk with Rhiannon and eating ice cream. Her ice cream was lemon. It was supposed to be chocolate. In the dream, this was important. Taryn, who very vaguely knew t...