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Where He Belongs (2011)

by Rachel Haimowitz(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Storm Moon Press

review 1: Where He Belongs contains a series of short stories that set up the characters and the world for Haimowitz's Belonging series. I recommend reading the Prologue at the end of this book first and follow that with the short stories. PROLOGUEDaniel was born into the world a piece of property, not a human being. He spent the first 11 years of his life under the leather strap of his cruel and sadistic Mistress as she attempted to teach him the reality of his position in the world as a slave. Until the day a wealthy businessman from NewWorld Media sees his beautiful face and decides to buy him and make him a star. SHORT STORIESThe short stories follow Daniel through his youth at NewWorld Media. Daniel has been purchased by the company to be used as a TV anchorman because he... more has a face made for television and the sensationalism surrounding his status as the first slave to ever be given his own show will make him famous. At the age of 11 he is brought to live at InfoGlobe and prepared for his new life. He makes friends with other slaves and is taught to read and write. Although this new life allows Daniel more freedoms, he is never allowed to forget that he is an asset, a piece of property, a slave. There are strict rules and even stricter punishments. As Daniel grows into a man, he finds himself in various situations that remind him of his status and he decides there are things he would risk punishment to experience of his own free will. OVERALL this book did an excellent job of setting up the world and characters for this series. We get a front seat view of the life and youth of Daniel and the fate he suffers through. Haimowitz does an excellent job building Daniel's character and by the end of these short stories the reader begins to feel hopeful for Daniel to get his HEA. The only negative thing I could say is I wish there was more detail to the world. It's set up in contemporary times but I would love to know how slavery came to be a modern concept and are there exceptions, oppositions, etc. Also, I wish there was more information and time given to Daniel's relationship with Victor. In the last short story we hear about Victor. Daniel is a grown man now and he is lamenting the loss of the man he loves but we really don't know much else about him or the relationship. I guess I am like a spoiled brat, I always want more of the good stuff!!!
review 2: If you've read Anchored, this little book can help fill in some of the background. As others have said, it does make Daniel's passivity more understandable. Still, the stories are hardly more than sketches, flash fiction, leaving me with the feeling that they were done in a hurry to fill in some backstory and maybe address readers' complaints. Getting two books, one of them very short, out of material that would barely make one complete novel is a somewhat iffy ethical proposition as far as this reader is concerned. It also includes the prologue to Anchored, which is nice, but makes me wonder know why it wasn't published with the novel instead of as an afterthought. Maybe it *was* an afterthought and was written after the novel was published. Either way, it's an amateurish way to run a publishing company and is a poor way to gain readers' loyalty. less

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