Ava S.'s Reviews > Thrall

Wow, this novel blew my mind. I've read the author's other works in the fantasy genre, but I wasn't expecting an Mm romance novel like this. MM is my favorite, and I blew through it in a night because I couldn't stop reading.

I read Loki's Price which seems sort of like a prequal book to me. It explains how Ned came about. In Thrall, now that he's in Gredoria, slavers have been catching tribe members when they can to sell into slavery. It's horrible, because anything can be done to slaves-work, sex etc. The tribe people are seen as lesser and therefore things to use.
Rowan is captured in quite an expected way, taken to a slave house, and Ned buys him. I was a little worried at first that this might be one of those books where someone r*pes an MC, and somehow the MC falls in love with that person. I don't really like those because it's not realistic, but it became clear pretty fast that Thrall wasn't like that at all. Rowan has secrets he'll barely admit to himself, and Ned has his own secrets. There relationship was amazing to read about as it grew from enemies to not enemies, and then more while they worked together to solve a huge issue in the area.
The ending was beyond sweet, and left me feeling bereft because there was no more, lol. It's a HEA, and there's no cliffhanger. Things are resolved and left me satisfied, but I have a feeling there might be possibly more in the future??
Ned was amazing character, and Rowan was sweet, if mouthy. They work perfectly in my opinion, and I love the humorous bits sprinkled throughout. The steam...whew. They do some kinky stuff in this, and it was great, but I also liked how certain safety things were addressed. (Minor spoiler: aftercare of cuddling after intense sessions, instead of the characters just going about life like nothing happened. It made the whole thing seem more realistic which was a huge plus to me)
The author has a real talent for writing this stuff, and I seriously hope there's more Mm from her in the future (even if involves different characters). Give it a try. You won't be disappointed.