Kushiel's Justice--I remember that scene. Imriel forever! *grins*
Of course, in Carey's Terre d'Ange, sex is a religious act, which makes rape the ultimate heretical crime against both the victim and the D'Angeline deity whose commandment is "Love as thou wilt". I haven't read anything by LKH since Danse Macabre, but it seems to me that she treats her harem as...almost batteries, sources of power that she and the ardeur can drain and recharge whenever she needs them. She's fond of some of them, but there's no love in their interactions, no more than when I recharge my iPod.
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Of course, in Carey's Terre d'Ange, sex is a religious act, which makes rape the ultimate heretical crime against both the victim and the D'Angeline deity whose commandment is "Love as thou wilt". I haven't read anything by LKH since Danse Macabre, but it seems to me that she treats her harem as...almost batteries, sources of power that she and the ardeur can drain and recharge whenever she needs them. She's fond of some of them, but there's no love in their interactions, no more than when I recharge my iPod.