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- Content warnings: Blood, Violence, Death, Sexual content
Goddess of the Rose
by P.C. Cast
Book 4 in Goddess Summoning
A Beauty and the Beast-flavored Goddess Summoning entry for readers who want Hecate, roses, portal magic, a guardian beast, blood-sacrifice stakes, and a romance that leans fully into mythic devotion.
goodreads 4.15/5 7,477 ratings
storykind_community 3.5/5 2 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length345 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 7 books
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Beast / monster
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- Only one who understands them
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Protector
- Protective love interest
- Romantic / sweet
- Dark/tortured soul
- Worship / reverence
- Cursed
- Longing glances
- Touch starvation
- Body worship
- Monster romance elements
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Beauty and the beast
- Manor house / estate
- Mythological
- Monsters
- Monster romance
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- Forest / wilderness
- Portal fantasy
- Gods/deities
- Temple / church / monastery
- Humans only
- Interspecies romance
- Magic bond
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Romantic
- Lush
- Moderate
- Healer
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- Magical
- Whimsical
- Caretaker
- Mythic
- Sacrifice / chosen to die
- Sensual
- Dramatic
- Beauty and the Beast retelling
- Sacrifice for love
- Forbidden desire
- Enchanted forest
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Book details
- Length
- 345 pages
- Publisher
- Berkley Sensation
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book