Book Blurb:
The world remembers him as death incarnate. A god of rot and ruin. The Plague King.
But once, he was a guardian—a gentle deity who healed the sick and soothed the dying. Until humanity betrayed him, poisoned his temples, and made a mockery of his grace. Now, he walks the land cloaked in silence, and everywhere he goes, the plague follows.
Every year, one city remains untouched. Every year, they hold a grand festival in his name—lavish, reverent, and public. But behind the veil of celebration, their true offering is blood.
Ten girls, hand-picked and secretly trained as assassins. Their seduce the god, kill him, and free the world.
Heidi is one of them. A healer turned weapon. She expects a monster. Instead, she finds a man who speaks softly and moves like sorrow.
He chooses her.
And in the quiet decay of his ruined palace, she begins to see the truth buried beneath centuries of
He is not what they told her.
She is not what she thought.
And love may be the most dangerous plague of all.
*Indie Author *Morally Gray MMC *Cinnamon Roll MMC *Gothic Romantasy
*One Horse *Touch her and 💀 *Some spice *Slow Burn *Enemies --> more
*Age Gap 😏 *Healer FMC *Beauty and the Beast (ish) retelling *Forced Proximity
*Novella *Hades & Persephone retelling
Thoughts:
I picked this book up as part of my quest to push out of my comfort zone reads and try new things, This isn't something I would usually read but I'm so glad I gave this one a chance I really enjoyed it!
To start with we have Heidi (FMC) she is sickly but has been training to be a healer, now she is to play a bigger part than she ever expected for her King when she ends up as part of a line up of other girls trained to be assassins... their target is to take out death himself the land is cursed and he is the reason that the lands are desolate and nothing grows... Heidi isn't truly worried that she will be selected she's always been over looked and will be this time as well.
When the Plague King comes to the festival as invited by the king he initially declines the Kings offering but after seeing all the available choices decides that maybe he will choose someone after all... Heidi.
Now Heidi is back at the Plague Kings home which is in ruins... which is fitting it matches the rest of the lands only instead of finding him harsh and unbearable... she begins to see him as who he is kind and gentle, have they been lied to this whole time? What has been said just doesn't match his actions at all.
Heidi instead of following her initial instructions given follows her heart and intends to find out what really happened in the past that led to the curse over the land... But once the truth comes to light will there be greener pastures? Or will the world continue to rot?
This is a Gothic Romance Novella, Heidi is brave and stronger than she ever knew it takes courage to be sent on her impossible mission... but even more courage to search for the truth. Our MMC is so sweet while he's actual Death he's also capable of love and creating new life... he just needs someone to believe he is worthy again.
The author does a great job really creating a world that feels dark, lonely and desperate making you root for better times right along with our FMC. But can our MMC ever get over the human betrayal from his past?
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