(without the crazy grandmother or the incest) with polygamy set in a dystopia. Rhyne's husband is sweet and kind and by pretending to like him she is granted every luxury (except her freedom) however she has fallen for one of her servants and wants more than anything to escape so she can be reunited with the twin brother she was taken from.I had some issues with the dystopian world which didn't ring plausible to me. The world outside the mansion was told to be both terrifying and totally normal at the same time and the virus that killed everyone in their youth was also not working for me the way it was written.
However, despite my problems with the dystopia (and the books totally predictable ending that is the same as every other dystopian romance that's come out in the last six months) I found myself engrossed in this book and it's characters which really made the story work. Rhyne is both conflicted in her feelings for her husband and determined to escape. Her sister wives one who is angry yet resigned and the other who is very young, happy and newly spoiled in her new life are a nice contrast to Rhyne's views. Her husband is naive but kind, never doing anything physically that makes Rhyne uncomfortable. Housemaster Vaughn, Rhyne's father in law is creepy and evil and the servants are kind. It's these complex characters and their relationships that make the book interesting.
Appropriateness: There's a little sex talk (and the other wives do have sex with their husband) but no actual sex by the main character and a little drinking. . This is not a light and fluffy YA book or one with a lot of action. I would put the interest level at 14+ however the book is not inappropriate for a younger reader who is a fan of the dystopian genre.
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