Amara must learn to let go of the past, even if it hurts if she wants to secure her future as a freedwoman. With this dangerous and cruel man threatening to destroy her life, Amara must become just as calculated and shrewd in order to maintain her freedom. Amara’s past begins to catch up to her when her former master continues to pursue her.
She should be content with her new life but she is aware that her patron is not the man she thought he was.
If you are interested, then let’s talk about The House with the Golden Door.Ĭontent Warning: Discussions and Depictions of Slavery, Some Violence, Some Sexual Content, Scenes of ChildbirthĪfter everything she has been through, Amara has finally freed herself from her life in the Wolf’s Den. This is also another good read for women’s history month if that is your goal. Before I begin, I do recommend that you check out my review of the first book in the series. As a sequel to the first book, it portrays a well-rounded and diverse cast, adding lively new blood to the well-known classical age with Harper’s clear prose and modern dialogue.Hello everyone! I hope you are making significant progress in whatever endeavors you are currently working on. The portrayal of Amara’s sex work is always in service to the story, with a believable mix of feminist and misogynist character turns. Amara’s perspective is insightful and ambitious enough to hold the reader’s attention through her many small triumphs and tragedies. The novel follows a circuitous path, winding down the ancient streets of Pompeii in pursuit of its heroine. Her attempts at business-whether collecting interest on risky loans, or arranging musical performances for the Pompeiian upper classes-consume her days, while her volatile patron and other lovers populate her nights. Perhaps even more than that, she hopes to rescue her friends from the lower social classes, and it is this desire that drives her to constantly seek out ways to make more money. She longs for sovereignty over herself, and to abandon forever the sex work that she was trafficked into as a young woman. Though she lives as a courtesan within the patronage of a wealthy and powerful man, Amara struggles to find happiness. The bustling Roman Empire city is the vibrant home of Amara, a former enslaved woman for whom the figures of her traumatic past are not so far away as she might like them to be.
The House with the Golden Door (Volume 2) (Wolf Den Trilogy)Īncient Pompeii comes to life in the second installment in Elodie Harper’s Wolf Den trilogy.
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