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- Content warnings: Sexual assault (referenced), Violence, Death, Trauma, Parental abuse, Bullying, Captivity, Betrayal, Manipulation, Sexual content
Bringer of Death
by S.Y.K. Kelly
Book 1 in Cruel Gods
Kore has to survive a god who wants obedience, a prophecy that wants blood, and a court full of half-truths. The fun is watching Hades lose his grip one provocation at a time.
goodreads 4.46/5 50 ratings
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Length410 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · Slow seduction
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Slow seduction
- Book hangover incoming
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- God/deity
- Love/hate tension
- Passionate / intense
- Feral brain activated
- Morally gray
- Fated mates
- Dirty talk (sweet/playful)
- The angst delivered
- Possessive alpha
- He falls first
- Tension / anticipation
- Adrenaline rush
- Secretly soft
- Possessive love interest
- Possessive / claiming
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Teasing control
- Protective love interest
- Wall pinning
- Captor/captive
- Mine declarations
- Banter
- Touch starvation
- Push and pull
- Eye contact intensity
- Touch her and die
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Mythology retelling
- Small town / village
- Mythological
- Gods/deities
- Underground / underworld
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- Underworld / death realm
- Demigods / near-immortals
- Prophecy-driven love
- Temple / church / monastery
- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Captive romance
- Dark romance
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Heavy
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Tense
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- Banter-heavy
- Survivor
- Mythic
- Reluctant chosen one
- Angsty
- Character-driven
- Seductive
- Immersive
- Hades and Persephone retelling
- Bargain with consequences
- Morally complex
- Plot twist heavy
- Bonds forged in war
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 410 pages
- Publisher
- Syk
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book