God of Shadows Book 1
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- About This Book
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- Content Warnings
- Featured Review
The viscount of Tanmar has three lovers. One is a god. One is a monster. One is just right.
On the night of his eighteenth birthday, Aurelian is kissed for the first time by a handsome prince. Two days later, a misunderstanding shatters his friendship with his family’s loyal equerry. When he receives a summons to serve at court, Aurelian seizes the opportunity to leave Tanmar and recent embarrassments behind for a year. The glamour and excitement of the capital city await him, not to mention the handsome prince.
Once at court, Aurelian falls prey to a curse of cruelty that haunts the royal family. Imprisoned by all-too-human monsters in a land where love between men is forbidden, his only allies are his horse and a capricious god who loves him in his dreams.
Aurelian’s choices will lead to love, or peace for Tanmar, but he can’t have both. If peace crumbles, the war that follows will be entirely his fault.
We’ve all read books where the main character falls in love with a handsome man who behaves like a complete jerk. But it’s OK, because they LOVE each other. I’m not going to pretend there’s never anything hot about that. But I have questions.
Can love excuse abusive behavior? If you’re never going to love the jerk, can you forgive him? Does he deserve to be forgiven?
This book is my answer.
Content Warnings
Explicit sex, non-consensual sex, abusive relationships, animal mistreatment, angst, words you might have to look up.
Featured Review
One of my greatest appreciations for this book is its display and contrast of toxic and nonconsent in a relationship, and actual consensual and passionate love, where one means to dominate and hurt, while the other ignites the lust of both participants who wish to please each other. I feel this kind of story should be placed way above stories like 50 shades of Grey when it comes to topics like this, because it does not excuse those who abuse and is plainly recognized and not treated like how a healthy relationship should be. After tasting this first book, im hungry for more. Overall, this was an amazing story of love, lust, pain, passion, one being true to themselves, and finding that someone who you can feel your safest in the arms of. Thank you.
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- A spicy, queer story.
- Characters trying to be good people while navigating bad relationships.
- Subverted tropes.
- Bespoke prose.
- Happy endings after dark middles.
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