Usual excellent quality of writing you expect from PB as he weaves a
fable of an organisation which snatches young women and trains them to
be slaves/whores.  There is a lot of setting up for, I guess, a
sequel(s).  I can't wait...   5 out of 5

This tale was so boring, the reader was left anticipating being told
what some of the characters had for breakfast the day before. Far too
much detail that was irrelevant but seemed to be in to build up the
number of words.  2 out of 5  (Drayman)

Blades has a knack for description and characterization that sometimes
becomes too much of a good thing, but I'm still looking forward to
Part 2!  4 out of 5

It's well writen as most of Blades books are but it is a bit detached
from reality. The world he creates is immersed in secrecy but shared
with too many people for it to remain a secret. Also Blades spreads
out his focus on too many girls for my liking. The premise is
obsessive and cold. I wonder how the second installment works out?  4
out of 5  (Mr pushups)

This story is hot but lacks focus. It's not really about a struggle
between the two main characters, Jerome and Nancy (#9); they barely
interact, and there are far too many "interludes" dealing with victims
who drop into the story simply to drop out again for no apparent
reason. On the other hand, it's not primarily about Jerome's business
interests. Far too much time is spent on Nancy's predicament for the
story to primarily be about him. So the reader is left floundering,
wondering what the story is really about, while the story essentially
becomes a catalogue of horrors. This story would have been much better
if the author had simply dumped the distractions and focused on a
single struggle.
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Also--and this would have been a minor complaint at best, except that
the author misuses the word at least once every other page--the word
"suckle" is NOT a synonym for the word "suck!" A breast feeding mother
SUCKLES her infant. A man does not -- EVER -- "suckle on" ANYTHING.
Professional authors should AT LEAST have the professionalism to
understand the words they're using.  3 out of 5  (death2uall)