Others: Negative The gods love to play with us mere mortals. And every hundred years, we let them… I have never been favored by the gods. Far from it, thanks to Zeus. Living as a cursed office clerk for the Order of Thieves, I just keep my head down and hope the capricious beings who rule from Olympus won't notice me. Not an easy feat, given San Francisco is Zeus' patron city, but I make do. I survive. Until the night I tangle with a different god. The worst god. Hades. For the first time ever, the ruthless, mercurial King of the Underworld has entered the Crucible—the deadly contest the gods hold to determine a new ruler to sit on the throne of Olympus. But instead of fighting their own battles, the gods name mortals to compete in their stead. So why in the Underworld did Hades choose me—a sarcastic nobody with a curse on her shoulders—as his champion? And why does my heart trip every time he says I’m his? I don’t know if I’m a pawn, bait, or something else entirely to this dangerously tempting god. How can I, when he has more secrets than stars in the sky? Because Hades is playing by his own rules… and Death will win at any cost.
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Briar Boleyn
2024 · 448 pages · 1 review
Others: MixedIntrappolati dal destino, divisi dal tradimento. Alla Bloodwing Academy, il sangue è potere. Ma il fuoco di un drago è una minaccia che nemmeno il vampiro più forte può arginare. Dopo aver risvegliato il feroce Nyxaris dal suo sonno maledetto, Medra Pendragon è diventata il centro di un gioco pericoloso. Tutte le Casate la bramano, pronte a sfruttare la sua eredità di cavaliere. Peccato che quel potere le sfugga di mano, costringendola a fingere, mentire e a spingersi sempre oltre… perché un unico errore potrebbe annientarla. E poi c’è Blake Drakharrow, il vampiro che avrebbe dovuto proteggerla e che invece l’ha incatenata a sé con l’inganno. Il loro sangue è ormai intrecciato: lei è la sua unica fonte di sostentamento, e lui non vuole lasciarla andare. Il loro legame, nato dalla violenza, è diventato imprescindibile: un’intimità forzata fatta di controllo e scontri continui, in cui odio e attrazione si confondono fino a diventare indistinguibili. Eppure, Blake non è solo il mostro che Medra vorrebbe vedere: dietro la facciata algida e crudele, si nasconde qualcuno capace di proteggerla in silenzio. A Bloodwing, però, anche la più piccola debolezza si paga e ogni legame ha un prezzo. Mentre il drago si agita nell’ombra e le tensioni tra le Casate si fanno sempre più violente, Medra capisce che il vero pericolo non è il potere che custodisce, ma proprio ciò che la unisce a Blake: un vincolo che potrebbe salvarli entrambi… o distruggerli.
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Melissa Roehrich
2024 · 3 reviews
Others: MixedIn a realm full of secrets, she’s collecting them all. A choice to make. Tessalyn Ausra’s fate has always been out of her hands. Still bonded to the Heir of Endings, she now finds herself with more control than ever before. Everyone wants something from her, and she has to choose a side. But in a realm full of villains, she trusts no one, and she has secrets of her own to keep. A plan to salvage. Control and knowledge have always been Theon St. Orcas’s greatest weapons, but both have slipped through his fingers. Given a task by the rulers of the realm, he’s racing against the clock to get his plans back on track. But as myths become reality, he finds himself fighting more than time in an effort to keep what’s his or lose it all to fury. A fate to alter. Axel St. Orcas has never minded rubbing shoulders with the depraved rather than the elite. It’s easier to hide his shame among the corrupt. But with each passing day, he risks triggering a curse and endangering those he cares for most. He’ll sacrifice anything to keep them safe, even if that means giving up everything he is. Who will be left standing when Chaos comes to reign? Storm of Secrets and Sorrow is book two of four in The Legacy Series. This is a new adult, dark fantasy romance series with elements that may be triggering to some readers. Please be sure to check the updated content information. Seriously. We know the MMC is a morally gray, walking red flag. Read the content information, then embrace the darkness.
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Eva Chase
2024 · 5 reviews
Others: PositivePlay for a husband. Don't fall for his enemies...As the second-born princess of a kingdom conquered by a brutal empire, I'm nothing but a pawn. Little do I expect my parents to arrange my marriage to the most powerful bachelor of the son of the emperor himself.But when I arrive at the imperial palace, I discover I must compete for my betrothed—vying with the court noblewomen in a series of humiliating trials to prove our devotion.Those who fail will be executed.For the sake of my country, I'll risk my life to win my husband—this sadistic man who applauds the torment and flaunts his lovers.Unfortunately, my scheming competitors aren't my only enemies. The emperor's royal wards—princes of other conquered domains, fostered to ensure their families' obedience—lurk in the shadows.They see me as a traitor, prostrating myself for our tyrants' approval. The perfect target for their bottled rage. They'll do whatever they can to distract me, unsettle me... ruin me.I can't help being drawn in by their seductive wiles. Behind their simmering fury, their pain and broken hopes call to me.They might be just the allies I need to save my life and my kingdom. But only if I can conquer these wicked men before I lose my heart.*A Game of Veils is the first in a new fantasy romance series with a sizzling enemies-to-lovers romance, smoldering morally grey men, and a determined heroine they'll regret underestimating.*
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Melissa Roehrich
2023 · 18 reviews
Others: MixedOf all the worlds and life they created, the gods favored their children the most. But with that favor came the fear that their Legacy would one day become too powerful and overthrow them. Devram was created. A realm hidden amongst the stars. The gods gave their Legacy the best of all the worlds, and then they left, a sworn agreement to never return and to never interfere. Forced to a life of servitude, the Fae are required to provide for the Legacy in more ways than one. Every five years, the eligible Fae are gathered for the Selection and assigned to serve in one of the six Kingdoms. To be chosen as the personal Source for a Kingdom Heir is the greatest honor, and for the first time in a millennia, all six Kingdoms have heirs choosing a Source. But their selections could tip the power balance a little too far. Tessalyn Asura was as forgotten as the realm. But when she finds herself the personal Source to the Heir of Endings, she winds up serving in the darkest Kingdom of them all . The secrets within the Arius Kingdom are meant to be learned and kept, but this was never the life she wanted. Fighting not only the fate thrust upon her, but the temptation to lose herself to desire, Tessa will do anything to escape her new destiny. Until she starts to realize maybe their world wasn’t as forgotten as they thought, and maybe she’s the reason why. Rain of Shadows and Endings is book one in The Legacy Series and ends on a cliffhanger. This is new adult dark fantasy romance series and includes elements that may be triggering to some readers.
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Helen Scheuerer
2023 · 548 pages · 17 reviews
Others: PositiveWith her death foretold, Althea Zoltaire only has three years to become what she’s always dreamed of being: a warrior legend. Women are forbidden to wield blades, so she has trained in secret her entire life. Now racing against the clock, she fights to secure her place in the elite guild charged with the protection of the five kingdoms. The sparring and hazing of the new trainees border on deadly, but even more dangerous is her growing attraction to Wilder Hawthorne, her unwilling warrior chaperone. All around them, schemes are afoot and darkness looms. Will Althea pass the perilous initiation test and take her place as a champion of Thezmarr – or will the invading evil snatch away her dream before it starts?
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Holly Renee
2022 · 336 pages · 1 review
Others: MixedDestiny or desire? Where does your allegiance lie? I am told my union to the crowned prince will determine the fate of the kingdom, but it isn’t my betrothed who haunts my dreams. It’s the half-breed prince who stands at his side. He is darkness and sin, and when he whispers promises of wickedness in my ear, I crave a man who I can’t have. Every thought I have is treasonous. The way my hands ache to touch him deceitful. Even my dreams make me a traitor to the kingdom I am sworn to protect. But when the kingdom is attacked, I am forced to make choices I’m not prepared for. Our lies and deception are entangled in the shadows and stars, and as they unravel so shall my fate. Betray a kingdom or betray my heart.
What made the match, strongest first
Not a fanLiterally everything about this book was honestly terrible. It has over a four rating on Goodreads and I cannot fathom why. The writing, the characters, the plotting, pretty much everything fell flat and it honestly just felt like a flimsy non-interesting regurgitation of so many tropes and things that have already been done before.
