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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler: Dido, the youngest, most delicate, and most innocent of the she-wolves]] is inadvertently killed at the end of the first book.
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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler: Dido, the youngest, most delicate, and most innocent of the she-wolves]] is inadvertently killed at the end of the first book. As if to further hammer home her innocence, her death had nothing to do with her own wrongdoings or decisions. She was merely collateral damage in another person's conflict, as her killer was actually aiming for [[spoiler: Felix, her pimp and master.]]
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* MenGetOldWomenGetReplaced: Fabia has lost all her value in Roman eyes, a prostitute [[IWasQuiteALooker grown too old to be desirable]]. Getting old is a recurring issue for courtesans and sex workers, and their hierarchy is based to an extent on their perceived ages. For example, Amara looks down on the washed-up Myrtele for being in her thirties. That's right, thirties is old for a courtesan. Men on the other hand are allowed to get to their sixties and seventies before they are considered "old".
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* MenGetOldWomenGetReplaced: Fabia has lost all her value in Roman eyes, a prostitute [[IWasQuiteALooker grown too old to be desirable]]. Getting old is a recurring issue for courtesans and sex workers, and their hierarchy is based to an extent on their perceived ages. For example, Amara looks down on the washed-up Myrtele for being in her thirties. That's right, thirties is old for a courtesan. Men on the other hand are allowed to get to their sixties and seventies before they are considered "old"."old."
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* MenGetOldWomenGetReplaced: Fabia has lost all her value in Roman eyes, a prostitute [[IWasQuiteALooker grown too old to be desirable]]. Getting old is a recurring issue for courtesans, and their hierarchy is based to an extent on their perceived ages. For example, Amara looks down on the washed-up Myrtele for being in her thirties. She also thinks that part of the reason Rufus likes her so thin is that it makes her resemble a young bride rather than a woman in her twenties.
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* MenGetOldWomenGetReplaced: Fabia has lost all her value in Roman eyes, a prostitute [[IWasQuiteALooker grown too old to be desirable]]. Getting old is a recurring issue for courtesans, courtesans and sex workers, and their hierarchy is based to an extent on their perceived ages. For example, Amara looks down on the washed-up Myrtele for being in her thirties. She also thinks that part of That's right, thirties is old for a courtesan. Men on the reason Rufus likes her so thin is that it makes her resemble a young bride rather than a woman in her twenties.other hand are allowed to get to their sixties and seventies before they are considered "old".
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* HollywoodThin: Once she takes up with Rufus, Amara has greater access to food but skips meals to keep herself as thin as she was at the brothel. Drusilla and several others express concern for her weight, but Amara insists that Rufus likes her skinny and frail.
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* MenGetOldWomenGetReplaced: Fabia has lost all her value in Roman eyes, a prostitute [[IWasQuiteALooker grown too old to be desirable]].
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* MenGetOldWomenGetReplaced: Fabia has lost all her value in Roman eyes, a prostitute [[IWasQuiteALooker grown too old to be desirable]]. Getting old is a recurring issue for courtesans, and their hierarchy is based to an extent on their perceived ages. For example, Amara looks down on the washed-up Myrtele for being in her thirties. She also thinks that part of the reason Rufus likes her so thin is that it makes her resemble a young bride rather than a woman in her twenties.
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* HatesTheirParent: Paris is an absolute {{Jerkass}} to his mother Fabia.
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* HatesTheirParent: Paris is an absolute {{Jerkass}} to his mother Fabia. Felix hated his father [[spoiler: enough to arrange his murder.]]
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* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: Saturia dies in a tragic "accident" that definitely didn't involve her patron Domitian [[SinisterSuffocation strangling her to death]].
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* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: Saturia dies in a tragic "accident" that definitely [[SarcasmMode definitely]] didn't involve her patron Domitian [[SinisterSuffocation strangling her to death]].
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* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: Saturia dies in a tragic "accident" that definitely didn't involve her patron Domitian [[SinisterSuffocation strangling her to death]].
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* LoanShark: Felix isn’t just a pimp but a loan shark.
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* LoanShark: Felix isn’t just a pimp but a loan shark. Amara also starts a lending business, though she insists her rates are far lower than Felix's.
* LooseLips: Saturia lets slip Domitian's ambitions for the throne, resulting in her death.
* LooseLips: Saturia lets slip Domitian's ambitions for the throne, resulting in her death.
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* TheResenter: Amara keeps on rising in status due to a mix of wit, charm, pragmatism, and luck. This earns her the resentment of her former friends and associates, who continue to live in squalor or, if they do improve their circumstances, achieve much less success than she does. This jealousy and resentment may have factored into [[spoiler: Victoria]]'s betrayal.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Amara and [[spoiler: Victoria]] were close friends. They supported each other, risked their lives for each other, rescued each other from slavery... then the latter betrays Amara and [[spoiler: tells Felix that Amara is having an affair with her patron's slave.]] The two never reconcile, even after three years.
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* PublicBathhouseScene: The book opens in the baths, and different bath houses feature throughout the book.
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* PublicBathhouseScene: The book opens in the baths, and different bath houses feature throughout the book.books.
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* PreMortemOneLiner: When [[spoiler: Amara]] kills [[spoiler: Felix]], she utters one while her enemy lies bleeding out on the floor. The line is a quote from [[spoiler: Britannica, who had long wanted to kill Felix herself but was presumed dead at the time.]]
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* PreMortemOneLiner: When [[spoiler: Amara]] kills [[spoiler: Felix]], she utters one while her enemy lies bleeding out on the floor.floor, reminding him that all his striving was for naught. The line is a quote from [[spoiler: Britannica, who had long wanted to kill Felix herself but was presumed dead at the time.]]
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* ActionGirl: Britannica is tough, courageous, and fiercely protective of her friends. She was a warrior in her homeland and carries her martial skills with her into the gladiatorial arena. As a gladiator, she fights as a ''retiarius'' (''retiaria''?), wielding a trident and net against her enemies.
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* ActionGirl: Britannica [[HotBlooded Britannica]] is tough, courageous, and fiercely protective of her friends. She was a warrior in her homeland and carries her martial skills with her into the gladiatorial arena. As a gladiator, she fights as a ''retiarius'' (''retiaria''?), wielding a trident and net against her enemies.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Felix learns of Amara's secret love affair and uses the knowledge to extort money from her.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Felix learns of Amara's secret love affair and uses the knowledge to extort money from her.her businesses.
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* PreMortemOneLiner: When [[spoiler: Amara]] kills [[spoiler: Felix]], she utters one while her enemy lies bleeding out on the floor. The line is a quote from [[spoiler: Britannica, who had long wanted to kill Felix herself but was presumed dead at the time.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Amara''']]: And when you are dead, you are nothing.
-->[[spoiler: '''Amara''']]: And when you are dead, you are nothing.
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* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: Rufus is only mildly interested in his daughter Rufina and hasn't bothered to remember her age. Hopefully he's more attentive to his teenage bride and their two children.
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* FamilyMan: Philos is dedicated to his owner's family, including treating Rufus' little daughter Rufina like a surrogate father. [[spoiler: He is Rufina's biological father, though he can't tell her that.]] He remains fondly attached to his deceased wife and mourns the fact that he couldn't have a family with her.
* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: [[spoiler: Pliny]] is left behind after he collapses and is unable to escape the ash and pumice from Vesuvius. Amara also argues to be left behind when she feels she is too weak to continue, but she manages to push through.
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* ObiWanMoment: [[spoiler: Pliny the Elder, Amara's friend and mentor]] collapses on the shore and [[IWillOnlySlowYouDown tells the other refugees to go on without him]]. When Amara insists on trying to save him, or at least staying with him while he dies, he calmly gestures (being unable to speak) for her to leave him and lies back to wait for death.
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* ObiWanMoment: [[spoiler: Pliny the Elder, Amara's friend and mentor]] collapses on the shore and [[IWillOnlySlowYouDown tells the other refugees from Vesuvius to go on without him]]. When Amara insists on trying to save him, or at least staying with him while he dies, he calmly gestures (being unable to speak) for her to leave him and lies back to wait for death.
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Amara is definitely physically attracted to [[spoiler: Philos]] but a lot of her love is based on the fact that he is and always was nice to her, even when she was a lowly brothel slave.
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* TheOldestProfession: The main cast are all sex workers.
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* TheOldestProfession: The main cast are all sex workers.workers.
* ObiWanMoment: [[spoiler: Pliny the Elder, Amara's friend and mentor]] collapses on the shore and [[IWillOnlySlowYouDown tells the other refugees to go on without him]]. When Amara insists on trying to save him, or at least staying with him while he dies, he calmly gestures (being unable to speak) for her to leave him and lies back to wait for death.
* ObiWanMoment: [[spoiler: Pliny the Elder, Amara's friend and mentor]] collapses on the shore and [[IWillOnlySlowYouDown tells the other refugees to go on without him]]. When Amara insists on trying to save him, or at least staying with him while he dies, he calmly gestures (being unable to speak) for her to leave him and lies back to wait for death.
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* WhileRomeBurns: Pliny's warships, which he meant to use in a rescue mission, have been beached. He and his friends are stuck in a villa with a volcano threatening to bury them alive. Through it all, Pliny is determined to keep things as normal as possible: bathing, dining, napping. Amara assumes it's just part of his usual eccentricity, but then she sees his expression slip and knows he's actually terrified and trying to keep everyone else calm.
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* DisposableSexWorker: Played with. [[InUniverse In-universe]], sex workers are absolutely seen as disposable. This is what makes [[spoiler: Drauca]]’s casual murder so upsetting to the she-wolves. On the other hand, the narrative centres on sex workers, so it takes pains to treat them with empathy and give them personalities and goals.
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* DisposableSexWorker: Played with. [[InUniverse In-universe]], sex workers are absolutely seen as disposable. This is what makes [[spoiler: Drauca]]’s casual murder so upsetting to the she-wolves. Demetrius offers to marry Amara because this would give her protection not afforded to sex workers. On the other hand, the narrative centres on sex workers, so it takes pains to treat them with empathy and give them personalities and goals.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Amara mourns for her [[DisappearedDad deceased father]] and has [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest nothing but fond memories of him]]. She even misses her [[MissingMom mother]], who sold her into slavery (granted, Amara was sold to ensure her survival) and has probably starved to death since. Later, she becomes an absentee parent, living most of the year with her patron in Rome while her daughter Rufina is raised in Pompeii.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Amara mourns for her [[DisappearedDad deceased father]] and has [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest nothing but fond memories of him]]. She even misses her [[MissingMom mother]], who sold her into slavery (granted, Amara was sold to ensure her survival) and has probably starved to death since. Later, she Amara herself becomes an absentee parent, living most of the year with her patron in Rome while her daughter Rufina is raised in Pompeii.
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* ActionGirl: Britannica is tough, courageous, and fiercely protective of her friends. She was a warrior in her homeland and carries her martial skills with her into the gladiatorial arena. As a gladiator, she fights as a ''retiarius'' (''retiaria''?), wielding a trident and net against her enemies.
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* LifeSavingEncouragement: When Amara is fleeing Vesuvius with her companions, she struggles to cope with the exhaustion and despair. The invincible courage of Britannica and some encouraging words from Philos keep her moving through the ash and stones.
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* HighClassCallGirl: Amara is literate and musically talented thanks to her privileged upbringing. She eventually works her way up to the level of imperial courtesan, making her one of these. Drusilla is also a popular courtesan.
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* HighClassCallGirl: Amara is literate and musically talented thanks to her privileged upbringing. She eventually works her way up to the level of imperial courtesan, making her one of these. Drusilla is Drusilla, Saturia and others are also a popular courtesan.courtesans.
