Where Loyalties Lie

I was expecting a lot more of this book. I knew it was short, but I thought it would be erotica with a thin plot. Instead, it's a thin plot with very little smut. There is a lot of implied sex, but really only one mildly explicit scene. I do enjoy a lot of books that have no sex at all; I just thought this one would.

The setting is appealing, sort of a fantasy version of an ancient Arab world, although it wasn't fleshed out much at all. There was no angst over Nessir's station in life, which was fine with me. Instead, Nessir repeatedly frets over whether it's really okay to hook up with Abaidas, and then Ophion and Nessir both struggle with their feelings for each other. Then, everything was magically resolved in a few lines - which, again, I thought that with the lack of sex throughout the book, there would be a wild m/m/m scene at the end. Instead there was more implied sex, and then a little bit of Abaidas thinking about how happy he is. So there was not much emotional content, either.

I didn't hate this book; in fact, I feel like it could be the framework for something great.