UNTOUCHABLE
Author: Linda Winstead Jones ISBN: 9780425222966 8/2008 FANTASY Publisher: BERKLEY
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The Emperor of Columbyana is in need of a bride. Riders have been sent to the far corners of the kingdom to bring back six noble beauties for him to choose from. But none can compare to Sanura, an exotic slave with the power to see into men's souls. To touch her is said to bring incredible pleasure—and certain death. Even for the emperor's twin brother, Prince Alixandyr.
Alix is charged with bringing this rare creature back to the palace. A man possessed, he has wrestled the darkness inside him since birth. He cannot afford to desire Sanura, but the attraction between them is stronger than his darkest impulses. Even if it means his own destruction, he cannot allow the emperor to claim her.
Sanura is a proud woman of great power, reduced to a plaything fot the rakish emperor. She wants nothing more than her freedom—except perhaps Alix. He is a mystery, the first and only man whose true soul remains hidden from her. As their passion threatens to unleash the demons within Alix, Sanura must do all she can to save the man she loves and prevent him from committing an unforgiveable sin... |
 RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:
UNTOUCHABLE is a strange book. I read a lot of strange books, mind you, but this one is not for me. My main reason for this reaction? The heroine paints her skin blue. Not for the entire book, but enough to make me focus on nothing but that part of it. Enough that even when the paint is gone I still picture her in it.
I know this is a pretend cultural thing but I find it bizarre. Crazy, I know, since I am usually open to the weird stuff. But in my mind there is just something about the blue powder body paint that does not fit with the rest of the story. After all, if that is Sanura the heroine dancing on the cover, she isn't blue there.
Anyway, as for the rest of the book, well, it's okay. Nothing stellar, nothing fabulous, just a quirk here and there that manages to keep me reading. I admit to liking bits and pieces but not enough to drag my mind from what I am fixated on. The blue.
Shannon Johnson |
