My Quick Thoughts on Devotion by Claire Kent

A cute love story but tedious at times.

Medium Used: 100% ebook

Ratings out of 5

Overall Rating: 💜💜💜 (3/5)

Sweetness Level:
🍫🍫🍫🍫

Steam Quality Level:
🕯️🕯️ (2/5)

Steam Quantity Level:
🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵 (5/5)

FMC Likability:
🧶🧶 (2/5)

MMC Likability:
📝📝 (2/5)

Plot Engagement:
🪟🪟 (2/5)

At least 1 bad dad:
0️⃣ (No)

Spoiler Free Review

This story is set in a dystopian future in North America where there has been an ambiguous cataclysmic event called “The Fall” that resulted in the formation of smaller city states with dangerous “wilds” in between. The largest and post powerful nation is called “the central cities” and Devotion takes place in the its largest city simply called “The Capital”.

The story is told from Jess's perspective. Jess has been training her whole life to be a Partner to a top level administrator at the Capital's Palace. Partners are more or less concubines to the top administrators for the Central Cities governments. The top officials work constantly and it is the Partners jobs to help them relax and relieve stress to stay productive. Jess is selected by Gabriel as a partner. Gabriel is a new comer to the central government, an outsider that is not fond of this custom. He only selects a partner because as it's a requirement for his position.

Devotion ended up being more than I thought it was going to be but it takes it takes its time getting there. After a bit of world building the spice scenes come much faster than character growth or conflict. A lot of that early spice is exclusively the FMC giving MMC oral. While this ultimately proves to serve the setting, characters, plot, and central allegory – it's a lot and the flavor of the spice wasn't much to my taste. This was balanced out by the fact that the lovey dovey gushy “I care about you so much I want you to be happy” was very much to my taste.

Overall it was a fun read but I'll be prioritizing other things on my TBR before revisiting Claire Kent.

Content Warnings:
* Open Door Intmacy * Dystopian Caste System * Off screen abuse of power * Similarities to Slavery / Indentured Servitude

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