Review - Mind Controlling the Twins by Adara Wolf & R. Phoenix

Content warning: The book in this review contains non-consensual sex and incest.

Nathaniel and Basile are twins who have been sold off by their parents to pay off the money they embezzled. With any luck, they've been purchased by an old lady who just wants a couple of cute young men to clean house, but when they find out their owner is Lord Aetherton, Nathaniel knows they're in trouble. He saw the lord molest another student at university but used his magic to ensure the young man had no memory of the rape.

I know this author is going to push my boundaries about consent and psychological manipulation, and this short story is no exception. I suppose the fantasy world where magic, and apparently slavery, are commonplace is supposed to make it more okay, but that's debatable.

Given the short length of the story, we don't get to know too much about the twins, and what we do learn gets called into question in the end. Although identical in looks, their personalities seem quite different. Nathaniel is the smarter one but tends to be the less favored due in part to his sexual preferences. There's clearly a bit of antagonism between the brothers, which colors their reactions to their predicament.

I didn't realize this was part of a series when I picked it out. The ending might make a little more sense if I had read the other two books first, although it doesn't look like they have many characters in common.

“Mind Controlling the Twins” is available from Smashwords.