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Jesse's Story (2007)

by Maculategiraffe(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

self-published

series

The Slave Breakers

review 1: Well done sequel which continues the main romantic storyline of the first book with a fresh perspective. Jesse and Quen are owned by a vicious and sadistic master. Their only comfort is each other, and together they plan a daring escape. Quen gets away, but Jesse does not, and as this book opens Jesse's master has informed him with bitter glee that Quen is dead.Like Bran before him, Jesse finds himself sold to the "slave breakers" and discovers them to be not what he expected or feared. But this is not a retread of Bran's story. Jesse and Bran are very different in desires and circumstances. Jesse is not being trained by Holden, but simply staying for a few weeks in the household while plans are made to move him elsewhere. This changes the power dynamic drastically and ena... morebles Jesse to stand up to and question Holden in ways Bran could not.Jesse is not temperamentally suited to slavery, makes little pretense otherwise, and has attitude and resentment to boot. As in the first book, the plot consists of Jesse learning about the various members of the household and family friends. He becomes fascinated by the enigmatic Holden. Jesse is sure Holden is in love with Bran, but why won't Holden admit it?Jesse pushes for the answers he wants, setting the entire household on edge in the process. His probing is the trigger for a worthy payoff of revelations which will happily satisfy the reader--if not Jesse himself.A happy, touching, and sexy story. Four stars.
review 2: I've read all the books in the series Slave Breakers. I think the author did not like slavery. She does not really believe that it may be good for anyone. One could describe Holden, the main character, as a master who has a velvet hand in a velvet glove. I understand that the author has created a situation where the retrainers are literally saving the lives of slaves cruelly mistreated by their former masters. We could not bring a broken slave to life by hitting him, even gently. So her context is well suited to the nature of the dominant -- not so dominant. As for her slaves, although they are 16 or 17 years-old, they behave like lost 11-12 years-old children, always snuggling against everyone and sit on every adult's lap. It is charming but unrealistic. My knowledge of adolescents aged 16-17 has a different story. And even in the context of slavery, since they are first sold at the age of 15 years, they should rebel against the cruelty of their masters. But no, they crash, let themselves be destroyed. The only ex-slave who is said having been resisting is Holden himself, but the author does not describe (or very little) that part of his life.As I was about to read this first book of the series, I imagined a couple receiving of other discouraged masters their rebellious slaves, and the couple finding a way to break theses slaves into the perfect ones that any master would dream. But no,these are the story of loving dominants with broken slaves. less

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