i have been seeing huber & holly all over my feed so gave in to the hype and got it for 258 in zepto. 100/10. tastes exactly like chilled smooth gooey brownie. the texture is sooo silky omgggg i love it😭
sylhan, once the lord of khallak is reduced to a slave due to his madness and amnesia. as he struggles to survive as a slave for his childhood friend who is also a lord, his old love, gjord, appears in front of him- to sweep him off his feet. sparks fly, and clandestine meetings make him desire for more - he desperately tries to remember his glorious past and his lover.
this manhwa is depicted from the male lead's pov. the male lead is a catamite, that is, a lowly boy kept for sexual practices for his master. abandoned by his mother after his birth, his vibrant yellow hair and blue eyes being "valuable" , he was raised by a pub owner, only to be sold as a slave at the mere age of 5. thereafter, he was bought by a duchess to serve as his catamite and after five years of inhumane treatment and humiliation, he was freed by a noble, a man whom he willingly accepted as his master. however, he was not fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of his saviour. "may you find freedom a gift to your liking" the words from his saviour made him determined to find purpose.
after 10 long years, graduating from abroad, jean has come back, a successful capitalist businessman, a fake noble to start revolution in a declining nation ruled by an ailing king, to rise against the very aristocracy who looked down on him. as his plans of starting a coup d'etat progress, his plans get awry as the unworthy crown prince, the crown prince who passes his day by painting naked models, indulging in liquor and sodomy, lays his eyes on him.
got this from amazon. it looks so elegant and is really spacious.
sasya, a small boy from a countryside, learns ballet from a lady in his village, without the knowledge of his mother. being sexually assaulted by his teacher, at a very young age, he realises that behind the praises, lied ulterior motives, just as his mother had said. kindness is not free after all. as he climbs to the position of chief instructor in the most reputed russian ballet institute, he flees the country, as he is hunted down by a duke whose dirty advances, he dared to refuse. as he lays unmoving in an inn, without any food and penniless, a kind and handsome man gives him his hand, a man who gave kindness, without asking for anything back. as sasya escapes to paris, the man, karel desperately searches for him. after all, for karel, it was love at first sight. karel gives up on his prosperous career, his opportunity to graduate from a renowned institute, all for sasya and flees to sweden.
as their love blossoms, both sasya and karel are devoured by their own demons. karel wants to bind sasya down, confine him only to himself. sasya, though being madly in love with karel, could not forget the stage, where his true desires lay. despite living a poor life, their days were content. as years pass, karel's obsession and possessiveness grow, suspicions arise as others begin to covet what is rightfully his. his sasya. sasya drowns himself in liquor and narcotics, his sanity starts to disappear. karel's overwhelming love, suffocates sasya as he begins to forget reason.
sunrise in alleppey boat house