Fiction
Verdict: Read it
To be perfectly honest, with a name like Cuckhold I was expecting something much.....smuttier than I discovered. I am so glad I did, not that I don't like smut - I do - but because this was so much richer and deeper and more satisfying to wade through.
A long novel, Cuckhold is a historical fiction. In a land of arranged marriage and an almost comical obsession with finding love in spite of arranged marriages, Cuckhold addresses when married couples don't necessarily gel well. Not in a violent, argumentative fashion, but simply because priorities are different. In this case, royalty and a devotion to god get in the way of developing a relationship that is meaningful and satisfying for both of the partners. As in most cases, there is no option of divorce and obligation reigns supreme, creating a huge sense of resentment as well as desperate need to connect with the other person.
Not at all a sentimental or romantic work, Nagarkar fills the novel with feudal mindsets and war of kings of old. This doesn't detract at all, and helps avoid the usual cliches of romantic novels. The battles, schemes, and royal angles to the book are well done and a very much appreciated break from the futility of pining for someone that is so in love with God.
Do read it.
Becky
Verdict: Read it
To be perfectly honest, with a name like Cuckhold I was expecting something much.....smuttier than I discovered. I am so glad I did, not that I don't like smut - I do - but because this was so much richer and deeper and more satisfying to wade through.
A long novel, Cuckhold is a historical fiction. In a land of arranged marriage and an almost comical obsession with finding love in spite of arranged marriages, Cuckhold addresses when married couples don't necessarily gel well. Not in a violent, argumentative fashion, but simply because priorities are different. In this case, royalty and a devotion to god get in the way of developing a relationship that is meaningful and satisfying for both of the partners. As in most cases, there is no option of divorce and obligation reigns supreme, creating a huge sense of resentment as well as desperate need to connect with the other person.
Not at all a sentimental or romantic work, Nagarkar fills the novel with feudal mindsets and war of kings of old. This doesn't detract at all, and helps avoid the usual cliches of romantic novels. The battles, schemes, and royal angles to the book are well done and a very much appreciated break from the futility of pining for someone that is so in love with God.
Do read it.
Becky
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