Born in the workhouse and molded into an obedient slave, Kirill expected his life to be simple: serve his wealthy owners until they grew bored and sold him, repeating the process again and again until the day he died. He never wanted his master's precious only son to take an unhealthy interest in him, and he didn't expect one single horrifying summer's day to plunge his life into ruin.
Now he has to adjust to another kind of life: one with a man who never wanted to own a slave and has no use for the one he now possesses. But just when Kirill thinks he's finally found normality it all comes crashing down again—and worse, this time it's all his own fault.
Hauled into a world of chaos and destruction by a charming stranger, Kirill struggles to manoeuvre his way without letting both his past and his grief overwhelm him, but is his rescuer all that he seems, or has Kirill walked from one hell straight into another?
Author: Pax Asteriae
Genre: Steampunk, Fantasy
Word count: 32,290 (Length: 130 pages)
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♦ My Review ♦
As the title suggests this is indeed the destruction of Kirill and it's just so heart wrenching to see all that he went through.
So Fair warning, This book IS NOT for everyone. There are some strong elements of rape and brutality that you might NOT be okay with.
So if you are faint of heart, then I suggest not reading this.
If you're okay with these subjects or are willing to give it a try, then please continue.
It was a hard read but so worth it in the end because though he had to suffer and was broken inside, when it came all down to it, he fought for his freedom. For his love.
First off, I think I should say that one of the things I disliked was, while there was only a little bit in which he went back in forth from past to present, what I didn't like was that it didn't say "before" or "after/future" or anything indicating that it had gone from the present to him remembering a flash back or whatnot.
So for a good full chapter I was ...."wait, what? I thought he had already left that place?" type thing. And then once it went back to the "present/future" in the next chapter was when I realized, "oh! he was telling a story from the past there. It was a flashback".
So that was the only negative. I really would have liked some type of indication that we had gone back in time. That we were seeing something that was the past. Even a simple "past" italicized would have sufficed. But yeah. That was all. Otherwise I really, truly enjoyed this book.
You don't truly see every detail of his time in slavery, but it's just as well. What we did see was brutal enough. It was enough for us to see why Kirill was/is the way he is and why it was so hard for him then, when it appeared he'd lost his current and last owner.
Once again though, I must warn this book isn't for everyone. There are scenes of rape and non-con, that I know a lot of readers wouldn't like. If you don't mind then please give it a chance.
Every now and then though, I love books like these, that are hard to see what a character went though because I love to see the end when they're able to escape the darkness that they're trapped in.
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