An alpha/omega romance in a historical setting where omegas are treated as property. The plot is a pretty standard trope of abused omega is found by an alpha who is a decent human being, and over the course of the novel the alpha's humane treatment of the omega allows the omega room to regain a sense of agency and personhood while the alpha slowly realizes just how awful his society treats omegas and becomes determined to make the omega's life as good as possible (and maybe try to change the society a bit). When I say this is a standard trope, I don't mean that as a criticism. I love this trope when done well, especially as "done well" often means that the romance plot is sharply tinged by gender studies and queer studies sensibilities. Taylor does it well, with interesting characters and cool worldbuilding. If you like this kind of thing, this one is a pretty solid bet. (And if you don't know what an alpha/omega romance is, maybe don't google it at work, mmkay?) ( )

Amazing story

This was truly an amazing story. I loved Dante and how we got to see what was going o on in his head and learn about how his life had changed and how his life with Antoine. Antoine was a very good man who just wanted to help Dante. But sometimes he was over his head, but he was trying at least. ( )