Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Bullying, Sexual content, Abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Trauma, Sexual assault, Dubious consent, Stalking, Grief, Blackmail, Kidnapping
The Devils and The Duchess
by Marissa Farrar, S.R. Jones
Book 1 in Verona Falls University
goodreads 3.98/5 6,578 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 1 rating
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Is this story right for you?
A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length295 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice5/5 · Rough / primal
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Why Choose / Reverse Harem
- Slow burn
- High
- Rough / primal
- Addictive read
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- Villain
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Taboo / forbidden
- The angst delivered
- Possessive love interest
- Possessive / claiming
- Book hangover incoming
- Love/hate tension
- Angry / hate sex
- Feral brain activated
- Push and pull
- Possessive/protective
- Obsessive love interest
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Class difference
- Dirty talk (sweet/playful)
- Marking hickeys
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Possessive
- Degradation (light)
- Dominance
- Dubious consent elements
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Reverse harem / why choose
- Academy / campus
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Bully romance
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- Academy / school
- Forbidden love
- Hidden past revealed
- Villain gets the girl
- Mafia romance
- College romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Heavy
- Survivor
- Intense
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- Edgy
- Angsty
- Dramatic
- Dangerous
- Emotional
- Seductive
- Tense
- Forbidden desire
- Slow descent into darkness
- Cliffhanger warning
- Page turner
- Addictive pacing
- Series binge material
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Book details
- Length
- 295 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book