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The Eternal Rose

2007Gail Dayton

3.6/5

I was extremely disappointed by The Eternal Rose, and found myself wishing I had bought a physical copy so that I could throw it against the wall.The racism/not-cleverly-hidden "White imperialism" and rampant sexual abuse made me want to scream.I had been so pleased with the other One Rose books. The culture was interesting, the relationship styles were intriguing and despite the near-harem and forced style of the "Marked" illian, I was really drawn to the concept when it was mentioned in other places and when characters that WEREN'T Kallista talked about it.But this book was just awful. It should contain rape warnings. Protip: "love" doesn't make nonconsensual sex okay!And the message that the Southron people (who are amalgous to this world's equivalent of Islamic culture) have cruel practices and do bad things culturally because their culture has been corrupted by a demon for thousands of years is a very direct and offensive correlation to the real world.
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