From the author of The Phoenix Keeper comes a dazzling new monster romance series filled with parallel worlds, irreverent banter, and dexterous tails - unmissable for fans of Bride by Ali Hazelwood and Quicksilver by Callie Hart. WOULD IT BE SO BAD, TO BE DEVOURED? Fi has a rare gift: the ability to walk the Void, perfect for her work as a cross-dimensional smuggler. Survival and fortune depend on following her strict set of rules: keep your routes secret, draw your energy sword first, and - at all costs - avoid the daeyari, the immortal beasts armed with antlers, claws, and tails who feast on humans. When a particularly shady job goes terribly wrong, Fi is thrown at the feet of the one daeyari lord she never wanted to meet. Antal is a hunter, seemingly as cold as he is cunning - but in over his head, with his city crumbling and this infuriating smuggler insisting she had nothing to do with it. So he offers Fi a deal: help him find the mastermind behind the attack and he'll spare her life. Neither are prepared for what it will ignite. The taboo alliance between predator and prey could spark a revolution - and a temptation, for how sweet the monster's fangs might feel.
I LOVED this book!! ♥️
The imagery and descriptive language that S.A. MacLean evokes throughout this book truly brings the many dimensions of the world she created and the beings that inhabit it to life.
“Fi groaned like a depressed walrus.” (p.385)
“In a snarl of bedsheets and bad decisions, Fi scrunched her eyes shut and massaged her temples.” (p.385)
I enjoyed that there was a separate dimension for each season. You know the author’s world-building is amazing when you start asking yourself questions about what you would do if you were there. In this case, the questions were ‘Would I want to live in one season forever?’ and ‘If I had to, which one would I choose?’.
Then there was the romance. 🔥
Antal is one of my new favorite book boyfriends. Who cares that he eats people? He fights for the ones under his protection and is honestly just a complete softy. He’s absolutely adorable. Also, the tension between Fi and Antal was everything that an enemies-to-lovers romance should be. It was hot, spine-tingling and every interaction left me wanting more.
I could not put this book down. I read it in one sitting, stayed up way too late and struggled through the next day exhausted. It was completely worth it. I cannot wait to see where this series goes next.
5/5 ⭐
Highly recommend for the romantasy readers out there, especially if they love an MMC with a tail.
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