What is the theme in Beauty's Release by Anne Rice?

Seeking love is the main theme. Beauty has never been able to fall in love with her master and she wonders how it would feel to love one's master. She decides that she would enjoy loving someone and being loved and seeks love throughout the book. She shows an immediate interest in Lexius and determines that she loves him by their second encounter. She declares that she loves the Harem when they are pleasuring her. Both of these declarations result in naught. Beauty displays feelings of love during her encounter with Inanna and in her attempts to protect Inanna.