Inbetween 3 and 4 stars but closer to 4 hince my rating.Hmm it does get a little dark in the beginning where Marisol and her brother Gerimane are kidnapped by rogue raedjour's and raped with forced pleasure almost till death. Lucky for them they are saved by Jarak and a few others before they were literally sexed to death. Both Sol and Ger have nightmares and difficulty at first. But the big question is what to do with these two humans so abused by the rogues. Normally they kill the males out right or keep them as sexually playthings for awhile. Females are always captured and spelled for the change to raedjour before the start of the nine-day truemate search.I don't want to spoil anything so I'll leave off saying this; yes it is dark or at least very gray for a bit but it does have a happy ending. I was a little hesitant about reading this book. Why? I loved the three before it and I knew that this one would take place quite a long time after the events of book three. I was concerned that the characters I loved so much would be, basically, in abstentia in this book. So very glad that I was wrong!Marisol and her brother Geriman are making their way on the path through the forest trying to escape the guards after them because Geriman killed her husband. And on a side note: her brother is a whiny, childish, pouting fool who needs to grow up and Marisol needs to stop enabling him! They get abducted by rogue raedjour (many have fled the city and the ruling body after Rhae, their goddess, left them) who abuse them sexually for days until they are almost dead. Jarak and his warriors rescue them and bring them back to the city.Here they are healed and introduced to the history of the raedjour. As you can imagine, Geriman has no use for any of them and his hatred is quite palpable. Marisol and Jarak begin tip toeing around each other and sending the attraction even through Marisol's extreme fear. In an unprecedented decision their ruler decides to let them go because they were harmed so badly he can't see them ever accepting life with the raedjour.I'm sure you can imagine the ending at this point but I'm not going to spoil it. I'll just say that it was better than I thought it would be and I enjoyed it immensely!
Do You like book Dissent (2007)?
wonderful and well written storyline with a plot.
—sierra
