With a score ofĮlder brothers before me, I’d never inherit the throne,Īnd I was far too damaged to be of any use to Cyrus in He also seems to have suddenly developed a political savvy that really doesn't make sense, given how at the end of the first book, he was still in the process of learning the world. I don't think he'd be able to break years and years and years of conditioning during his most impressionable years that easily. It.wasn't bad, I suppose, but Micah seemed way too self-aware at the beginning especially since he's only been at wherever that is for 2 weeks. Without this device there is not much of a story here, imho. Why didn't this power manifest itself in Spoils ? This whole paranormal aspect feels so much like a plot device brought on too late to give credence to the sequel. Which causes Eli to spend most of his time, again, fussing over him. Micah starves himself as a means to control this power. Nowhere in Spoils is there any indication of MIcah's paranormal ability, this immense, destructive power within him that is suddenly revealed in this sequel. Why all of a sudden is he starving himself? Indeed, he was constantly starved as a slave and finally, with Eli's rescue he can have his fill of food and freedom.

Micah had no issue with eating in Spoils. And we get more of Eli's constant tending to MIcah's needs with endless feeding, cosseting and sex. The writing is still strong but as to the story.here, we get more of Micah's on-going anxiety and misery, understandable considering the abuse he suffered as a slave in Spoils, but increasingly boring as it doesn't seem to go anywhere. So great is my disappointment with this sequel that doesn't deliver the same promise but gives more of the same and veers off with a strange paranormal addition. I loved Spoils of War, the characters, the world building the storytelling, the sensuality.

Spoils of War by Kari Gregg