Without Love by Anne Garboczi Evans
Second century AD Romans. This book really surprised me for a few reasons. Was dreading the length of the book, almost 500 pages.
I realized near the 400 page mark that i was dreading it ending so soon.
Story of a woman Libya who has a young son. Through her life she had been a slave, sold as a dancer and an infamia where others shun her she's not worth anything.
Her life has been a hard one and she's had to use her deceitful ways to get food at times for them to survive on.
Part I really enjoyed was learning about the Romans their culture and how it played a part in her life also. Rules are a bit different and there are a lot of them.
She's been sold so many times, from one to another and she hopes at some point she will be set free-her son also. She helps Wryn and others find out details of the betrayal that will occur but in order to get her son educated she sells that information to the enemy.
They each enjoy spending time with one another and Wryn is to wed so her days to become free are even shorter. Things do not go according to plan...
There is so much to this book, locations, action, politics, adventure, mystery, spying, children antics, ways of lifes of many different career choices, scriptures and what they meant to the Romans, and a bit of romance.
Translation key glossary at the end. Discussion questions listed at the end and acknowledgements. Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.
Would treasure reading more from this author. Didn't realize this was part of a series, I read it as a stand alone.
Received this review copy via Olivia Publishing via Bookfun.org and this is my honest opinion.
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