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**SPOILERS** This book isn't a bad book, but it's not a great one either. The great failing of it is in its character Harrowhawk. I get that she's not exactly supposed to be likable- but she's damn well insufferable. And not in a fun, anti-hero way. Just obnoxious in an out and out obnoxious way. Also, a fascist, slaver way. The weird skirting around enslavement and slavery also put me way, way off. Like, I would have expected Gideon to be a hell of a lot more pissed off about it- and every chance she could've had for the revenge she obsesses about is passed on due to 'sentiment'- or not capitalized on in the least. It's an unfortunate dynamic to have sentiments for a slaver. Especially now, with where we are in the real world, there's not much redemption to be allowed for fascists. This book goes to great lengths to allow it. There's a lot of work put into trying to work all that out, and it doesn't pan out for the author. Granted, I'm only 3/4's through the book, but the cavalier way it's been treated so far has annoyed me so much I had to put the book down. It's clear where the plot is going- and it doesn't sit right with me that one half of the relationship was literally abused and tortured by the other half. There's enemies to lovers and then there's abused slaves to abusive slavemasters lovers. Uncomfortable is putting it mildly. I also know how it ends, and it's just bad. Real bad. The sacrifice is infuriating. Basically, I expected it to be much, much better- and it could've been, except for Harrowhawk. Seeing that the sequel is all hers just about did it for me. I don't think I'll be revisiting.