Staged
A Belonging 'Verse Novel
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Once the second-prize winner on My Slave’s Got Talent, Sky Blue has spent the past few years singing at a failing New York nightclub. While Sky has never had control over his fate, his life seems to take a turn for the worse when he’s torn from the familiar comfort of performing and sold to a rich and enigmatic man.
Morgan Wallace takes his newly purchased slave to San Francisco, his intentions unclear. On the one hand, he treats Sky with more kindness than Sky has ever known—treats him like a real person. On the other hand, he shares Sky at parties hosted by his sadistic new friends.
A confused slave is an endangered slave, and Sky isn’t even sure of his master’s real name. Is he Morgan Wallace, wealthy and cruel, or Mackenzie Webster, caring and compassionate? Caught between hope, fear, and an undeniably growing attachment, Sky struggles to untangle which parts are real and which are merely a performance. His future, his heart, and even his life may depend on it.
(Belonging ‘Verse stories can be read in any order—jump in wherever you’d like!)
Customer Reviews
4 1/2 Stars.
Such a horrific world. People enslaved because, according to the experts, they are born with the slave gene, and slavery is better for them as they wouldn’t be able to look after themselves. They also are said to have no souls.
Sky was born a slave and sold when he was eight years old. So far, his life has been hard but not as dreadfully bad as the life that some slaves have to endure. Now, he is finally sold to Morgan Webster, a master who treats him well but sometimes takes him to ‘parties’ where he is degraded and used by other ‘party goers’. But Morgan has a secret.
This story raises all sorts of questions and sometimes the conclusions are not pleasant. This was, however, a good story to read and I liked how Sky begins to trust Morgan, leading to something real and loving between them.