Warsworn
by Elizabeth Vaughn
(Warprize 2)
romance, fantasy
copyright 2006
read in April 2013
rated 6: read to pass the time
The central romance of this book is based on a master-slave relationship. The girl is supposed to be feisty, clever, independent. It's borderline.
She is feisty... until she melts under the strict gaze of her man. She is clever... but kicks herself for not being perfect. She is... not at all independent.
Her role is as a captured queen who is to provide -- when asked -- new ideas for the tribe. She hesitates, hides important facts, threatens to stamp her foot until someone listens to her.
The tribe, meanwhile, do not ask and do not listen to her. Despite the supposed "new ideas" role, her master only wants her for sex. Which, of course, is also the most important matter in the mind of the queen.
Then there's the big "battle" which occupies the bulk of the book.
Actually... it's quite a clever idea for a battle... unusual, a new way of seeing an old problem. I was just surprised at how long it continued.
There is also a series of what I take to be hints, that there is a so-far-unknown cure for a new and deadly plague. Does anyone spot the hints? Nope... Ah well, perhaps in book three...
This is a light and easy to read story, set in a not too unusual fantasy world. An easy book to read if you have nothing better.
I just do not like books which portray a man and woman in a master-slave relationship as though it were such a positive situation.
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