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House Of Simeon (2010)

by D.J. Manly(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0857153056 (ISBN13: 9780857153050)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Total-E-Bound Publishing

series

Gladiators

review 1: As I said, I love all M/M ebooks about gladiators :) I enjoy this book although I have to say something about Samson. First, I don't like his name. It sounds too Jewish, too Biblical. Second, Samson was written as a character who hated his situation. Such description created the image that Samson would never yield. But just within several chapters, Samson melted already. In short stories, it's understandable. But I expect more conflict in a novel :) You know, like no-no-but-yes-yes relation. But overall I like this. I wish the sex scenes were longer though :D
review 2: This is an amazing book and a very promising start to the Gladiators series. Historicals very rarely pull me in as much as this one did, and it is a testament to the quality of the story that it ... moreheld me captivated from the first to the last page. The descriptions of the environment, the way people lived at the time, and the society and politics were not only historically accurate (from what I remember learning in school and reading about since then), they were detailed enough to make it feel almost like a contemporary book. People are people, after all, so the politics and backstabbing are hauntingly familiar.Gold’s life as a slave and gladiator is shown in such vivid detail that I felt as if I was right there with him. He is a very ‘hard’ man, having survived years in the arena, having seen friends being slaughtered, and not being in charge of his own life. My heart went out to him as the depth of his helplessness became clearer throughout the story. The way he looks at life makes it very clear what it must have been like to be a slave in those times, revered as a champion gladiator on the one hand, and used by your masters on the other. He is so deeply in that mindset that the only honorable way out he sees is death in the arena. And that is the one thing his master will not grant him.Samson, on the other hand, has only recently been made a slave. He was taken prisoner by the Roman army and sold to become a gladiator. There is a lot of fight left in him, and a belief that he can somehow survive the next five years, after which he has been promised freedom. He finds it difficult to see how Gold can be so closed off from feeling anything, but cannot stop from falling in love with him. I have a feeling that it will be the source of a lot of heartache for him in the future. This is only the first of three books, so the story is by no means finished. I cannot even imagine the trials and tribulations Gold and Samson are going to face, but am definitely curious to learn more about them. Thoroughly recommended for people who like historical novels, and everyone who has an interest in understanding how human nature works under adverse conditions.NOTE: This book has been provided by Total-E-Bound for the purpose of a review. less

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