Now this book does offer some originality. Two girls in a brothel (welcome house), they were taken as children and then on their 16th birthday, they are sexually exploited by men who pay big money to the brothel lady. There are some interesting details, such as the girls having unique flower tattoos which grow with age and then blossom at sexual maturity, which is the same as UK law 16, whew, not illegal then. There is mysticism, the tattoos burn if the girls cover them, there is also a spirit wall around the town to protect the people from goblins. But the actual story begins with the girl on her 16th birthday killing the man who tries to rape her, this book then goes backwards in time, why do authors believe they need to show the reader a sneak peek at the interesting parts on page one, it doesn’t work in most cases. I’m not sure when it is based, maybe in a post-apocalyptic future, which may be why there is a weird language and culture, which is a bit annoying at first, but I soon got used to it. This book may be the most promising of this weeks clutch.