The Flesh Cartel #5: Wins And Losses (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
Definitely my least favorite so far...This book was a series of tests and trials to push boundaries, test limits and break wills. The torturous methods were, perhaps, recieved by the reader in the same way that they were received by the characters. Again, the mirrored response from my self to that of Dougie was uncanny. I was just extremely frustrated...just needing something to happen, to change the maddening feeling of being cut off from all sensation, each minute passing seeming to expand until the tedium and waiting became the torturous devices that were no less effective than physical abuse or humiliation. Oh Nikolai, you crazy bastard, I just want to punch you in the face every time you open your mouth. The mind games keep going in this episode as Nikolai continue his quest to sever the brothers' loyalties to each other.Poor Dougie, just barely keeping hold of himself. As much as he knows what is happening to him, the constant abuse and mind games are wearing him down. Nikolai keeps watering those seeds of doubt as to how Mat would feel about Dougie's actions. Nikolai tells Dougie that he was once just like him, that he is the "after" picture that he will mold Dougie into if only Dougie lets Nikolai love him.Mat on the other hand may have found a small chink in Nikolai's armor. Mat still hanging onto his pride and doing whatever he has to that will bring him back to Dougie, is told by Nikolai that he has to learn how to manipulate his new master. Nikolai is still walking that line with Mat to keep him fighting but ensure obedience. I liked that we were really given a deeper look into Mat's thought process here and it gave me hope that Mat just may be able to figure out a way to save them.
What do You think about The Flesh Cartel #5: Wins And Losses (2013)?
Eww that was good. My favorite of the series so far......
—Saira
*Peeks from between eyes* these books are killing me.
—Bedi
Still an awesome series. This was just not my fav.
—iliketrees
