Review: The Advisor's Apprentice by Mandy M Roth

The Advisor's Apprentice (goodreads.com)

By: Mandy M Roth (author website)

eBook, 45 pages

Published October 5th 2010 by The Raven Books

ISBN 13: 9781452434667

Source: Purchased for self

Genre: Erotic Sci Fi Romance

Series: The King's Choice #2

Best read in order: yes

Stars: 4

Flames: 5

Book 2 of The King’s Choice series picks up a few days after the end of The King’s Choice. Andrija has left with Drago to see about the raiding attacks of Dijana’s home of Sabian. Upon arrival they find out that Dijana’s sister Tiegan is missing.

Tiegan is hiding. After being captured by the neighboring kingdom and escaping she has no intentions of being found by them again. Word has spread that the once believed destroyed priestesses of Sabian are still very much alive. They are now being sought after. Many wish to use and abuse the magik that runs deep within their blood. She’s heard rumors that the new queen, her very own sister has made some progress in seeing that women will stop being treated as property. She has a hard time believing these rumors when her knight in shining armor is a bit too overbearing. Andrija has to be overbearing, he sees Tiegan and his. Andrija has an overwhelming desire to claim Tiegan as his the moment he lays his eyes on her. He loves her wit and her spirit. He only wants to protect her from the evil that are after her.

Andrija and Tiegan as a couple worked well for me. She is a strong and fiercely independent magikal warrior. Andrija is a loving and caring man. As the king’s advisor and brother he is accustomed to protecting the important people around him. Finding himself with a few new duties he has to work extra hard not to be a domineering presence in this fierce woman’s life.

There is an amazingly erotic pool scene in these pages. Tiegan and Andrija really heat up the pages!

***m/f/m ménage, voyeurism***

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Review: The King's Choice by Mandy M Roth

The King's Choice (goodreads.com)

By: Mandy M Roth (author website)

eBook, 56 pages

Published October 5th 2010 by The Raven Books

ISBN 13: 9781452464558

Source: Author, for the purpose of an honest review

Genre: Erotic Sci-Fi Romance

Series: The King's Choice #1

Best read in order: yes

Stars: 4

Flames: 5

Roth has created a world on a distant planet in the distant future that holds tight to its old ways of following prophecies and not letting technology ruin its goodness. Kings still rule the land. Women are still viewed as property. Magik still flows through the blood of its inhabitants. The world has a fascinating mix of historical and futuristic with a touch of fantasy and paranormal, there are shifters on this planet. I enjoyed this unique mix.

Jakov has long given up on finding his destined mate. If he believes the prophecies that he lives by then she has long ago been slaughtered along with the rest of her kind. He is currently in search of a female to impregnate with an heir. He is not even slightly enthusiastic about his search until he sees his brother/advisor struggling with the next virgin.

Dijana refuses to let some man take what she feels is only her right to give, her virginity. She is fuming that she has been taken from her village to be paraded before the king so that he may choose a bride. She feels that she has been reduced to nothing more than a cheapened whore.

I loved Dijana! In a world where she is supposed to be overjoyed at possibly becoming the queen she is fighting to get out of the palace or wanting to fulfill her desires of killing the king. She doesn’t care which. She just wants one to happen, now. She doesn’t let Jakov push her around, she takes over. I loved her spirit.

I had a slight problem with one of the sex scenes. I loathe sex as punishment. There was one scene that was such. The female never said no and she did not react as if she had been violated after, so that made it a little more tolerable for me. Also the fact that females are viewed as property and are punished when deemed fit made the scene mix well into the story. I just have a personal preference of disliking sex as punishment.

***m/f/m ménage, anal sex, multiple partners, sex as punishment***

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