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title: "Damsel Hardcover – October 2, 2018"
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# Damsel Hardcover – October 2, 2018

**Brand:** elana k. arnold
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Enjoyably feminist fantasy that should not be YA.
  

*by T***A on Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2018*

4.5*TW: molestation, sexual abuse, beastiealityI want to first start off by saying that I really enjoyed this book! It was so truly feminist and I valued all the points it made during the degradation of our main character. It felt like I was constantly infuriated by how our main character was treated, but I shared that infuriated state with our main character and I felt that solidified the bond I had with her. All this being said, why is this book classified as YA?!?!?!?!?This book has a very sleeping beauty type fairy tale feel to it. It started out with prince Emory who climbs a mountain to get to the castle and once he is on top of this castle, urinated all over it as to "mark his territory". Also right within the first few chapters they talk about how his father died of a madness that he contracted from sleeping around. Essentially his father died of syphilis, but was not explicitly named in the book. Many erections were alluded to throughout, but also were not explicitly recognized. We were, however, given enough detail to make inferences. These were all used as tools to make statements that showed how objectified women are.Ama was the saved princess who knew nothing of her origin before her time asleep in the tower with a dragon. She was kind of just trying to figure everything out and she was constantly made out to be helpless as Prince Emory was always reminding her that he saved her. Emory started off as an okay character but he continued to lose stock as the book progressed.At one point Ama accidentally burned her hand and Emory was more worried about his damaged property (aka. her damaged flesh) then he was about her. He consistently showed he thought of her as his prize and not a person. I hated him so much and spent most of this book mad at him.I saw so much of general female troubles with men through all of Ama's experiences that made her easy to relate to. She was a strong female that I found myself actively rooting for.What makes this less of a YA novel is not just the highly sexualized content scattered throughout this book, but I don't know that a younger person would appreciate the pacing of the story itself. Much of the story is in the subtext and very little rests on the surface, which makes the overall pacing quite slow. But it is a quick read with short chapter.I am also happy to report the ending was perfect and i was happy to see the strength and independence Ama showed made it through to the very end.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Not your everyday damsel in distress
  

*by A***Y on Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2018*

This review and others can be found at the review blog Literary Weaponry~This book and the review below feature strong abuse themes~When this book was first announced, I admit, I had little interest in it. It got shoved onto the back burner of my TBR and not thought of again. Then, lo and behold, the early reviews started coming in. Words like “dark” and “disturbing” were thrown around in those reviews like confetti. Many people, it seemed, even chose to DNF the book because of triggering content. Well, I am not one to say no to a disturbing book so I placed my preorder and cracked it open the day it was delivered.The first few chapters, I admit, were a little mellow but I could feel a great deal of foreshadowing of the story that was to come. Hints were dropped, many not so subtly, about the big TA-DA that would be the story’s conclusion. However, only in hindsight did I put those clues together. My husband would be the first to tell you that I do not take hints well and that certainly proved true while reading this book.An overshadowing theme of the plot involves abuse. Mentally, emotionally, and sexually. Our rescued Damsel, Ama, is informed that she is to be little more than a meek decoration meant for later breeding. While Ama internally fights against this, she feels pressured to obey the king who supposedly rescued her. She had no past, no family, and lives in a world where women are little more than doormats. While her fiery soul tells her that the way she is treated is not right, she feels helpless to do anything about it. To go out into the world alone without the protection of the castle would likely, and quickly, lead to her death and she knows it.A large part of why Ama feels so helpless are the mental games that the king plays with her. He chooses his words carefully to make everything sound belittling, and like he is doing Ama a kindness instead of chipping away at any confidence or sense of self that she possessed. He is in fact engaging in mental and emotional abuse to manipulate Ama, who is his future queen, into doing exactly what he wants her to and nothing else. Making her feel beholden to him.Now, this book is fairly short at 320 pages so I feel like if I ramble on too long here I will give something major away. I will say that the end of this book is oh so satisfying. I quite literally cackled with glee and I think that you will, too.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    That was... weird.
  

*by M***S on Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2020*

This is the type of story that has the right intentions but is still so so so weird. The entire book is written in a way to be an extended metaphor. And the message was successfully delivered. It had this truly fairy tale type of storytelling. The world build is half-baked, but that is the intention.I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, and was downright unnerving at some parts. I understand why some dislike it though. It’s not subtle in any way.

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