By: Christina Maraziotis
Publisher: Existential Publishing
Publication Date: October 30, 2024
ISBN: 978-1959776130
Reviewed by: Diane Lunsford
Review Date: June 2, 2025
The highly anticipated release of Christina Maraziotis’ fourth book in her Loveletting Series, Slave is a phenomenal delight. Maraziotis’ natural ability to leave her audience on the precipice of free-fall from the end of one story before she artfully swoops in with a rescue and promise to keep reading in the next is outstanding.
As has been the case in each novel, Maraziotis focuses on a sublime theme and builds upon it. In Slave, love is the foundation that is something beyond a feeling of heart. Rather, it is something to covet and reawaken within the soul in an attempt to erase sin. Charlotte is desperate to gain independence during a time when women weren’t worthy of such an existence. When Charlotte and Mac are washed ashore after their plunge to the depths of the water below in the end of Ghost, we don’t know if she and Mac survive. Charlotte is furious when she realizes her true love (Mac) is alive. She is wrestling with her own ‘betrayal’ of moving on with Tilghman when she thought Mac was dead.
Evil continues to lurk, however. James is still quite alive and well. Even though Charlotte managed to escape his evil grasp, she is not safe from his will to conquer her once more. There is a greater conflict going on between her and Mac. Will there ever be trust? Are they capable of committing to each other; or has too much happened for this to ever be the case? Charlotte struggles with her own vulnerabilities and her wanderlust of what could have been with Tilghman. This clouds her judgment when it comes to a future with Mac. Therein lies her ultimate dilemma. Both Charlotte and Mac have work to do if they are able to move forward. A conscious effort to grasp and rediscover a tenderness is of the essence.
There is a bevy of situations and circumstances to unpack in this novel and just like its predecessors in books 1-3, it is an epic journey that I personally recommend one take. Bravo Christina Maraziotis! You have delivered yet another must read!
Quill says: Slave is a continuation of the dynamics and complexities of human existence. It is impossible to pick this book up and not set it down until the final page has been read.
For more information about Slave, please visit the author's website at: www.christinamaraziotis.com/
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