Given to the Savage

by Natasha Knight

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Pub Date Aug 20 2014 | Archive Date Dec 15 2015

Romance Beckons

Erotica | Sci Fi & Fantasy

Description

PLEASE NOTE: CONTAINS EXTENSIVE BDSM MEDICAL PLAY THAT IS NON-CONSENSUAL BUT NECESSARY FOR THE SETTING AND THE STATUS OF BREEDERS. IF THIS IS NOT FOR YOU, PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST THIS TITLE.
In the aftermath of a plague which brought civilization to its knees and left most of the world's female population sterile, the few women who remain fertile have become a precious commodity. They live in relative comfort, but upon reaching adulthood they are tasked with bearing children to carry on the species.

Twenty-four-year-old Rowan knows the role she will be expected to play now that she has come of age, but when she dares to resist her fate, the penalty is severe. After a shameful, public chastisement and a thorough medical examination, Rowan is given to a savage from outside the community--a huge brute of a man named Silas.

Against all expectations, Rowan finds herself drawn to her new keeper. Brave, ruggedly handsome and even kind at times, he is everything the men she has known before were not. When the time comes for him to mate with her, despite the circumstances, something deep inside her begs for him to claim her as his. But while she soon finds herself longing to be his forever, Rowan knows that one day those who gave her to him will try to take her back. When that day comes will Silas fight to keep her at his side even if it means risking everything he loves?

Publisher's Note: Given to the Savage is an erotic novel that includes spankings, sexual scenes, extensive medical play, anal play and more. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

PLEASE NOTE: CONTAINS EXTENSIVE BDSM MEDICAL PLAY THAT IS NON-CONSENSUAL BUT NECESSARY FOR THE SETTING AND THE STATUS OF BREEDERS. IF THIS IS NOT FOR YOU, PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST THIS TITLE.
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Advance Praise

First let me clearly state that the book is well written and well planned out. Ms. Knight is an obviously talented writer. And it also clearly falls in the erotica spectrum. It is NOT a romance novel. [MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD].

This was an incredibly uncomfortable book to read (and I finished it because I wanted to make sure before writing a review). It does have a seemingly "happy" ending, and the characters are definitely fleshed out, but it is NOT a romance novel in any way I would define it. I checked and I'm not sure it's listed as such, but it was a book "recommended" to me in Amazon based on my other romance-erotica novels. It has a feel very similar to an erotica version of "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, and is just as uncomfortable to read. The main character has no spine (which may have been the point - I stand by that it is well written), and the "hero" never has any sort of realization that his "love" is an actual person with feelings, at least never one that made sense. The world starts out vile and pretty much remains vile until the end, but you definitely get a feeling for the world they are living in!

That said, I will state that this book stayed with me LONG after I finished it, which I've been told is the mark of literature, and that many many people like this sort of story. I didn't, but please don't let that deter you from giving it a try. Amazon reviewer LH
This one is a story that will haunt readers long after it has been read. Given To The Savage has shades of The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood, and The Host, by Stephenie Meyer. It is intensely character driven amid strong external action and an imaginative setting.
The erotic aspects are not frivolous. They are central to both the story and the main character. Another reviewer said this was not a romance. I disagree. While it wasn't a sweet and gentle romance, it was a romance between these two characters, distinctive and different due to circumstances and the unique character traits of these two, but a romance none the less.
Natasha Knight out did herself with this one. Amazon Reviewer Bill

First let me clearly state that the book is well written and well planned out. Ms. Knight is an obviously talented writer. And it also clearly falls in the erotica spectrum. It is NOT a romance...