But it’s a great story, a great world, and it’s hot. If you can handle this kind of content (and check the website for the complete details on that), I’d recommend it. In fact, it’s probably one of the best indie books I’ve come across. Again, what part of dark fantasy are you not getting? Maybe people just don’t believe how dark an author’s heart can get? Or they think they know dark until they have their eyes ripped out. It’s funny because the last time I dabbled in publishing it was with a YA dark fantasy, and that was a primary complaint of people: that it was too dark and not enough happy moments. There is maybe one glimmer of light and that’s it. Like every part of it is dark and tortuous. I WILL be reading the next one and possibly purchasing paperbacks because they’re fun. I was able to suspend my disbelief in order to enjoy the book. It’s actually really well written, it’s a great story, and because I already like deep dark stuff anyway, I didn’t have an issue with the sex in it. I didn’t include it in the blurb, but the first line on Goodreads before this blurb even says ‘a dark fantasy romance.’ What part of DARK FANTASY are y’all not getting? Oh no, not THAT dark. I can totally see why people would have an issue with this book. Maybe it’s because I read a lot of Labyrinth fanfic in my youth that played around with a lot of these themes already? Not to mention I tend to lean toward the villains and morally gray characters anyway. This is a romance born of basically Stockholm Syndrome and out of torture. So of course I bought it because I wanted to see if it was as dark as everyone says it was. It’s a dark fantasy romance and there are some puritans on TikTok that think books like this shouldn’t exist and want to shame the people who read and enjoy these books, this particular title especially. KING OF FLESH & BONE is not something I would usually pick up, but it kept popping up on TikTok, and not necessarily for good reasons. Worse than a ruthless king… is a king obsessed.īut I am the vile ruler who controls it all. The review below was originally posted on Bites in 2022.
But if you can handle it, it’s a great book. Check your trigger warnings before entering this one. Reviews are cross-posted from my review site, Bites.Ī deep, DARK fantasy romance, KING OF FLESH & BONE is not for the faint of heart.
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