Cynthia H. (cinderh) reviewed on 2/22/2015 + 34 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This book felt a little bit too long to me. I felt the story was a good one. A subject that I've not read much about before so it was all new and shiny. I liked that the author included the lives of many people that were in different classes--the gladiator, the slave, the elite and socialite of the times. I found the story line of Vix (12 year old gladiator) to be a bit much. I tried to look up his history to see where the author go this idea from and didn't come up with much. Ms. Quinn states in the end notes that his story isn't done yet so I look forward to finding out more and then can again look up the actual history. I loved the story of Thea and Arius. Lepida is a great villain, but I felt like she never grew up in the story. She just stayed at the same level of villainy as when she was a girl in her early 20's when I expected her to get more cunning and devious with age. There are other great secondary characters in this book that really help the story and hold the book together.

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