Author: Lauren Hawkeye
Grade: C
Description from Amazon: Lilia is the rarest of commodities—a champion female gladiator. But success has come with a price: shunned by her peers and desired by hateful men like Gaius, the brother of the emperor, Lilia is at the mercy of those around her. Only her heart is impenetrable. After Christus, a warrior with the body of a god, is sold to the ludus that owns Lilia, she finds herself forced to defend her position and to guard her body and heart against the erotic sensations only he can bring. Beneath the tantalizing flesh of the gladiator, Lilia finds a man determined to protect her, to love her. But when Gaius reveals a challenge for the gladiators of Rome—an epic battle to the death—Christus and Lilia must fight to win their freedom, their lives . . . and each other.
Review: This book was average. Other than the first chapter which I thought was BRILLIANT, I was not impressed with the remainder of the book. The book is written in first person which is usually annoying for me. I have been reading a lot of Kristen Ashley recently and all of them (to my recollection) are in first person. I guess SbtG just didn't compare to how well Kristen Ashley does it. The main female character was a gladiator. I was astonished and then I went on a research trip to the public library's research databases to get some more information on female gladiators or gladiatrices. That was fun. The sex was mediocre. The relationship did not develop very well. Bad things were alluded to but never fully fleshed out. So I had an incomplete picture of life in Rome.
** I received this book as an advance proof from Avon Publishing because I am an Avon Addict!
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