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- Content warnings: Graphic violence, Death, Self-harm, Suicide, Torture, Child abuse (referenced), Substance abuse, Drug use, Bullying, Abuse, Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic relationships, Sexual content
Vicious Fae
by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti
Book 3 in Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac
The stakes ratchet higher as Elise gets pulled deeper into Zodiac Academy, and the tangled web of loyalty, lust, and lies among the four kings becomes impossible to look away from.
storykind_community 3.5/5 6 ratings
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Length640 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 5 books
Spice5/5 · Passionate / intense
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
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Feral brain activated
- Possessive alpha
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- Love/hate tension
- Rough / primal
- The angst delivered
- Dark/tortured soul
- Possessive love interest
- Possessive / claiming
- Adrenaline rush
- Morally gray
- Hurt/comfort
- Dominant vibes
- Obsessed
- Feral/unhinged
- Feral devotion
- Dirty talk heavy
- Fae prince
- Push and pull
- Desperate / urgent
- Marking hickeys
- Rough but consensual
- Mine declarations
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Wall pinning
- Clothes ripping
- Scent kink
- Neck kisses / neck touching
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Possessive
- Dominance
- Exhibitionism
- Impact play (spanking/hitting)
- Hair pulling (hard)
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Reverse harem / why choose
- Academy / campus
- Urban fantasy
- Vampires
- Fated mates
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- Academy / school
- Shifters
- Bully romance
- Paranormal
- Fae
- Dark romance
- Dragons
- Forbidden love
- Werewolves
- Shifter romance
- Vampire romance
- Fae romance
- Games/trials romance
- Secret power
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Banter-heavy
- Heavy
- General badass
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- Intense
- Edgy
- Survivor
- Angsty
- Dramatic
- Vengeful / revenge-driven
- Dangerous
- Suspenseful
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Steamy
- Cinematic
- Punchy
- Dark academia meets paranormal chaos
- Zodiac Academy companion story
- Possessive fae kings energy
- Murder mystery with spice
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 640 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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