By Shana Abé
Genre: Fantasy (with shades of Romance)
I got these from the library - first 2 books in a series.
They... Hm. Well, the plot line was interesting. I liked that. People who can turn into smoke. And dragons. Set in... When did they wear frilly ruffs and stomachers? And the Dragon people can hear the music made by the vibration of gemstones, which is why they hoard them.
Anyway, the world was interesting, as were the plotlines, but I'm having trouble overlooking the hideous misogyny of the main characters.
In the first book the male protagonist gives the female a choice between rape and seduction. He forces her to stay with him, makes her give up most of the things that matter to her, but you know at the end she loves him, so that makes everything okay?
In the second book (different characters) the man has sex with the woman for the first time while she is asleep and the narrator kindly explains how he doesn't want her to wake up and say the words that would make him stop.
...
Really?
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Sigh.
There is at least one more book, but I'm not going to be looking for that one on the shelves...
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