How does someone go about making a choice between two equally disgusting and craptastic options? Well, that is Nikolai’s way – Mat and Dougie will always have a choice, but they may not like the consequence of said choice. Despite the pain and horror of being captured and prepared for auction, it looks like the brothers’ journey into hell has really just begun. Nikolai promises to be an unrelenting bastard. Let the real training commence. I’m hooked on the series, so I’m along for the ride no matter how deep into darkness and evil it descends – dammit! This is such a heart wrenching story. Luckily the brothers get somewhat of a break in this one (if you can even call it that). Their new Master is Nikolai, and he kind of refurbishes the slaves he buys and molds them into what a potential buyer would like. So unlike the brutal men who raped Mat and Dougie, this man is all about training. His goal is to beat them down and then reshape them into the perfect slaves for their owners. Poor poor Mat. Due to his fighters pride, he always seems to get the most brutal attentions. Nikolai is no exception. He plans to condition Mat to keep his fighting spirit but to still be subservient to his Master, which is proving to be a difficult task. Mat is shot up with drugs that make his nervous system go haywire anytime he does something that dissatisfies Nikolai. Meanwhile Dougie is isolated at treated like a baby bird. He's cherished by Nikolai and is given a tender hand by him. But of course, one wrong misstep on Dougie's part will come with ramifications and Dougie soon learns to make sure Nikolai is happy with Dougie. Gosh, this was another great episode to the story. It wasn't as horrific as the first season was but that could also be because I knew that to expect this time around. I've never read a story before that had me so shocked and disgusted the entire time but still managed to keep me from putting the book down. It's like driving by an accident on the road. We've all done it, rubbernecked to see all the horrible details, this story is no exception.
Do You like book The Flesh Cartel #3: Choices (2013)?
Much better than the first two! Matt's torture and Doug's submission. Wow!
—nessa
