By Honor Betrayed edition by Alex Beecroft Literature Fiction eBooks
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Lieutenant Conrad Herriot and Seaman Tom Cotton have been master and servant for over a decade, and friends for almost as long. When Tom is injured during a skirmish, Conrad forgets himself and rushes to Tom's side, arousing suspicion about the true nature of their relationship.
All Tom wants is the chance to consummate their love and embark on a new life together, outside the law that condemns them. Yet he fears Conrad won't risk his career and his honor to become Tom's lover.
Conrad believes his lust for Tom will damn his soul. There's also their difference in class—a gentleman doesn't socialize with a common tar. As Conrad struggles to refute the gossip on the ship, he must decide whether to commit the crime the crew's already convicted them of, or part from Tom for good to save both their necks...
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By Honor Betrayed edition by Alex Beecroft Literature Fiction eBooks
Two completely opposite young men in their early 20s, Conrad and Tom have a unique, and unspoken, love for each other on board a Royal Navy ship in mid-18th Century England. Conrad is an aristocrat whose father was an esteemed admiral; Tom was born on the ship and assigned as a valet/servant to Conrad when they were early teenagers.These two have never consummated their unspoken desires until their new captain decides to separate them because, well, he suspects something is going on. From that point what had been a somewhat frustrating narrative of closet romance turns into a splendid adventure which ends in a way that demands a sequel. Or, if not, a satisfaction that the worst of it is over for two strong, deeply passionate, men setting off into the sunset.
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By Honor Betrayed edition by Alex Beecroft Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
3.5 stars
I'm going to preface this review by saying that I don't read a lot of historical. Okay... I hardly ever read historicals. As a general rule, they aren't my thing, but every now and then one comes on my radar that I want to try. By Honor Betrayed was like that for me. Between the cover and the blurb, I REALLy wanted to read the book. (And somewhere I convinced myself that pirates played a key role, and I do so love pirates.)
The good
I really liked the relationship between Conrad and Tom, especially the fact that the underling was the more aggressive of the two. I also loved how the realities of the time with regard to homosexuality weren't PCd. It was a crime and that was all that mattered in the eyes of most men (well that and similar attitudes that a lot of homophobes have today). The sex scenes weren't incredibly detailed, for better or worse, but Conrad's emotions at the time came shining through. (There were pirates, and I liked how they were used. Actually, I just liked them.)
The bad
One of my big problems with historicals is that they tend to describe a lot. This one is no different. For a reader who enjoys that, it's not a bad thing, but I'm not that reader and I found myself skimming over a lot of it. A lot of the book was spent on Conrad's internal battle, and we only saw a hint of Tom's at the end. I really would have liked more balance there as I think it would have filled out the story more. I did feel the blurb over-emphasized some things that weren't really true in the book. (for example, Conrad never had an issue with their class differences, other people did.) (Sadly, the pirates didn't show up until the last third of the book. I would have liked more of them.)
It isn't a bad book by any means, and it gives me more hope for historicals than the last two or three that I attempted (and set aside), but I wanted more of the things I did like, and it just wasn't there. However, if the author continues the story and I get to see more of the pirates, I'd definitely check it out.
The story doesn't span a long time in the life of Lieutenant Conrad Herriot and Seaman Tom Cotton when we met them, they are already "together" since when Conrad was a 13 years old boy entering the Royal Army as officer and Tom was assigned to him as a servant, Tom himself a boy of 15 years. They basically grew up together, becoming the men they are without no one intruding between them, no family, no women, no other men. The bond is so tight that Conrad prefers the company of Tom to other officers and this is arising embarrassing questions. They have nothing to hide, not yet at least, but the ship is a nest of gossips and they are condemned before being real sinners.
I like the bond between Conrad and Tom before and after it turns in a romantic relationship; it speaks of ordinary things, of everyday and of brotherhood. Sure there will be physical passion between them, but first of all there is a bond that was born when both of them were developing into men, it was like an imprinting, something that is impossible to break.
I'm not sure they would have arrived so soon to the physical side of the relationship if not for the gossiping of the other men, I can imagine both of them retiring in the country, now more friends than lord and servant, and enjoy a quiet old age far from indiscreet eyes. This was denied to them, but Conrad and Tom will find a way to dramatically change their future, and still be together.
I like that Tom was not so ready to lose his integrity in exchange of the satisfaction of his desires but most of all, of his life. Sure it doesn't take long to him to reconsider the option, of what he is gaining in exchange of what he is losing, but still, it's not an immediate decision. In this he is behaving more gentlemanly than Conrad, who should be the real gentleman between them, but I have the feeling that Conrad is also the more romantic... romanticism is something that noblemen can afford wherelse simple men like Tom are usually more practical.
I missed Alex Beecroft's stories and I was so happy to discover that she has a new one out. Since this is a novella I adjusted my expectations accordingly before I started reading - obviously I expect more more sophisticated storyline and more in depth portrayal of the characters in the longer work. However, I did not feel that story was rushed. I think wisely the writer let us be the part of Conrad and Tom's life when they already have certain understanding what they want and what they dont want from each other, but the most important emotional struggles in their relationship occur in front of our eyes and I felt that the writer made the most of the story length available. The only niggle I would offer is that I felt that sudden short POV switches from Conrad as main POV character to Tom's were distracting and a bit annoying. I felt I knew and liked Tom already when I was looking at him with Conrad's eyes. I thought Conrad's struggle was very well done and I just fell in love with both of them.
I am the reader who enjoys historicals very much, so for me Beecroft's writing is a bliss, I can feel that I am in that time and place. I had fun reading this story.
Two completely opposite young men in their early 20s, Conrad and Tom have a unique, and unspoken, love for each other on board a Royal Navy ship in mid-18th Century England. Conrad is an aristocrat whose father was an esteemed admiral; Tom was born on the ship and assigned as a valet/servant to Conrad when they were early teenagers.
These two have never consummated their unspoken desires until their new captain decides to separate them because, well, he suspects something is going on. From that point what had been a somewhat frustrating narrative of closet romance turns into a splendid adventure which ends in a way that demands a sequel. Or, if not, a satisfaction that the worst of it is over for two strong, deeply passionate, men setting off into the sunset.
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