I've never hated a book so much (I've barely ever disliked a book at all!). You can't continue to cheer for a protagonist after they rape a young girl. Characters are allowed to be flawed and unlikable etc, but for me there's a line. They should at least have a glimmer of redeem-ability and this character doesn't. You can feel the author's dislike of women seeping out of the pages. It's a hostile read and I thought it was complete garbage.

ick.

he forces himself onto a presumably teenage girl (she is “too young to woo”) and “takes something” as well as “hurts her”, plus “blood on her loins”. not into this glossed over rape scene, doesn’t set the protagonist up for future good decisions.

after all that he gets to work questing with the girl’s mother like nothing happened. i am sure there is a character arc point being made but i lost interest in his story after that.