Coherent, well-written dialogue with a relatively easy-to digest plot. Decent progression, although a bit repetitive in terms of the final outcome(s)—all within my range of tolerance. What isn't tolerable, though, are the characters. The protagonist and his lovers are especially disappointing, albeit for different reasons. Ezre barely, if at all, shows any growth—mindset, perceptiveness, and shrewdness included. His wives were all, to me, traumatizing disappointments, with his behaviour toward them even more upsetting, which is astonishing considering his history with women. Not to be a puritan, but I'd loathe being married to women with despairingly colorful pasts, practicality taken into account. I'd avoid them at all costs, even. Really. It goes without saying how revolting it was to read smut—and yes, ROMANTIC smut—involving the very epitomisations of promiscuity themselves. In crude terms, if my main wife in a vampire harem power fantasy had a history of being banged by God-knows-how-many of my enemies in God-knows-how-many orgies in God-knows-how-many ways, with that possibly not even being the end of it, I'd be terrified to the extreme than depressed and would immediately consider ending it all—a decision that I would, in all honesty, likely proceed with. The experience of reading this novel was painful to the extent that I, for the first time in my life, felt blessed to have an amazing woman as my wife. Yes, I've read smut before. And yes, it included characters with traits and experiences similar to those featured in this novel. But comparing this work with professional (normal) smut is an entirely different affair altogether. Am I overreacting? Possibly. Would some people enjoy reading this work? Many have. But is it likely to be an enjoyable reading experience for the vast majority of audiences here? Absolutely not.
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honestly appreciate this review , solidified my decision to not read this novel.
