TRIGGER WARNING: 
 This book contains scenes of sex slavery and rape. 
 Full review can also be found on: Paein and Ms4Tune's Book Blog 
 This book was a lot darker and a lot more graphic than I was expecting. It wasn't like I was expecting everything to be sunny and happy go lucky with the words "Locked inside his own mind" but I didn't expect the sheer magnitude of the shock factor involved. 
 Nowhere did I see that this was what is dubed a 'non-con' story (for those who don't like to call it as it is: rape), nor any notes that it was for older readers) To be fair, I didn't search through reviews or anything, but then it should be within the book description. 
 I expected this to be our average dysctopian-hidden-under-utopia kind of book, only with two male leads and I am rather deeply disappointed that it wasn't. As a friend of mine said on an unrelated topic (but which is totally applicable here), 'We get to see a male/female relationship grow and develop, why don't we get that with a male/male one? It seems all their scenes are graphic.' And so, it seems, are the books. 
 Onto the story itself. I'm not sure where I stand with this, I don't want to pull it apart too much because I never like doing that and I liked the ending, but at the same time my brain offers up the phrase 'Stockholm Syndrome'. 
 Rory was almost convinced that something was wrong, but how can you save someone who has been commanded to make you think they dont need saving? He was new and I think that hindered his ability to work out that yes something was definitely up. I also think that, in the end he chose the right option, though it almost failed. It helped. But honestly, he was living in denial. He got a good look at himself at the end, and though I think he was also too harsh, he was faced with the reality of how close that kind of thing can be. 
 I do wonder how (oops spoilers) actually thought he'd get away with it all. Obviously he was drunk on his own power, but he was getting super sloppy. 
 The worst thing? That I'm not that horrified. I can see this plausibly happening, this abuse of power (After all it so very nearly happens already. What difference does the chip make truly). I really have little faith in the collective of our kind.