Utterly...speechless?
Well, that was rather anticlimactic. While I commend the excellent writing style of the story itself and was wholly enthralled with the beginning chapters...the ending brought everything to a shattering halt in my opinion. I did enjoy the message at the end about stopping human trafficking, though the horrors these girls face were minimally shown, it still had a, strong impact on the reader. I was entirely rooting for Byron's death as it would prove a sort of triumph over the evils of traffickers, the fact Byron lived is a little confusing to the message of STOPPING trafficking in my opinion. But then anyone can be bought...and anyone can survive, well...anyone besides all of the victims of Byron's pimp tyranny and poor Victor and Ophelia of course. But I am guessing there is some sort of lesson here, a lesson all might learn if this story was continued. I also enjoyed the ever affectionate reminders of the existence of a merciful God, it was like those advertisements you get by clicking spam by accident on your computer, eventually you can overlook them and get back to your daily program if that sort of thing isn't your cup of tea.
Overall a riveting read to the very end, the ending will have several people in complete and utter shock. I am still....pleasantly, fuming.
If anyone wants to make a real difference to stop human trafficking, go to Change.Org. There are several petitions to aid the charities already mentioned by the author of this story.
https://www.change.org/p/president-of-the-united-states-end-forced-marriage-in-the-united-states
https://www.change.org/p/secretary-of-defense-create-a-central-national-registry-for-military-sex-offenders
I cannot wait for your next riveting story, you can make a great change in the world with your writing.
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