I didn't really read the blurb of this book before starting it, as I participated in an online Q&A with the author on the page of one of the Romance Groups I follow, so I was pretty sad to realize the heroine has returned home to England after being kidnapped and placed in a harem for seventeen years. Eek.

So, I read it and the writing style suited my tastes, but I couldn't really completely get over my squeamishness with this problematic plot point. Especially when there was never any nuance to it and it was typical harem-trope nonsense. All the women were evil and manipulative, the "sultan" was a gross, fat rapist, and there were no characters of color besides the heroine's "half-caste" son who were not caricatures.

So. There we are.