Adaryn wields magic and lives as a nomad, wild and free. Her life is turned upside down when she’s captured by an Oppressor. As a slave, Adaryn is expected to serve her new master and abstain from using magic.But following rules has never been one of Adaryn’s strengths.Aaric is an inventor and scholar. He spends his time reading books and tinkering with his inventions. Against his better … better judgement, he’s taken on a slave, conforming to the pressure of his society.
But instinctively, he knows slavery is wrong.
Together, Adaryn and Aaric become unlikely allies as they navigate the dark, cruel world of the Oppressors. Will Aaric find the moral strength to follow his heart or will he succumb to the dictates of his society? Will Adaryn ever be free again?
Find out in Unbound Enchantment.
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This was the typical trope of master and slave falling in love.
Adaryn has been captured by Aaric. He’s not like the other Oppressors. He’s different.
I don’t know if I will move on to the next one in the series. I have other books that I want to get to right away. Maybe further down the line…
Who knows?
I’m giving this 2 Stars for no noticeable typos. I thought it sounded like an interesting premise but had to stop after only a few chapters. Why? It got too unbelievable and had too many inconsistencies for me to continue. Warning, my reasons contain spoilers.
(SPOILERS AHEAD)
Adaryn’s people can do magic with fire, but they are often killed or captured by “Oppressors” to use as slaves. In the beginning her people are attacked and many are killed, but Adaryn is captured.
When she wakes up the first time as a slave, Adaryn’s captor, Aaric, takes her to the kitchen and pretty much says this is the kitchen. The he just goes back upstairs to his study. The kitchen is a mess, but he doesn’t instruct her to clean it, or cook for him, he just leaves her alone. Adaryn runs away but he can find her because of the collar and saves her from bullies and brings her back. Aaric still doesn’t tell her clean or cook, instead he fixes awful food for them both and leaves things a mess because he doesn’t like to clean. So I couldn’t help wondering why he wanted a slave in the first place? All it did was give him one more mouth to feed.
A couple of days later Adaryn, the slave who tried to run away, goes for a walk by herself and gets hungry. Evidently her nomad people like to trade with other people and they earn money, which she still has in her pocket from before she was captured, so she strolls into a shop where another slave is working and orders food. So I guess the nomads like to trade and deal with the very people who like to hunt them down and kill or capture them for slaves? That doesn’t make sense.
Anyway, the store slave tells Adaryn how lucky she is to have a nice owner so she goes back home and starts washing dishes, like she really owes Aaric a favor for being so nice to her. This is the same Aaric who was with the bunch who killed most of her friends and family, and also who tried to kill her, and then captured her for a slave.
Basically none of this made sense. I never felt like Adaryn was all that upset over losing her family, friends or freedom. She’d say she wanted to get away but I never felt like she meant it. I could also see the pending romance between the slave and slave owner and didn’t care to read more. Sorry, but I don’t recommend this one.