Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Murder, Death, Graphic violence, Torture, Medical trauma, Suicide, Self-harm, Child abuse, Animal death, Gore, Blood
Vicious
by V.E. Schwab
Book 1 in Villains
A morally gray cage match between two unforgivable men, told with the kind of structural control that makes you flip back to admire the wiring. The rare superpower book where nobody's a hero and that's the entire point.
goodreads 4.18/5 334,733 ratings
storykind_community 4.5/5 2 ratings
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Is this story right for you?
A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length402 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice0/5
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Found family
- None
- Adrenaline rush
- Villain
- Addictive read
- Anti-hero
Fantasy promise
- Dark fantasy
- Big city / metropolis
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Humans only
- Urban fantasy
- Contemporary
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Dark
- Sharp
- Heavy
- High
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- Villain protagonist
- Queer
- Intense
- Cinematic
- Morally gray
- Brooding
- Gritty
- Punchy
- Cynical
- Atmospheric
- Revenge arc
- Morally complex
- Power corrupts
- The long game
- Battle of wills
- Slow descent into darkness
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Book details
- Length
- 402 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book