Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Gore, Graphic violence, Torture, Dubious consent, Stalking, Kidnapping, Captivity, Trauma, Childhood trauma, Body horror, Blood, Knife play (CW), Breath play (CW), Cult themes, Sexual content, Abuse, Murder
Hollow Hellion
by Jodie King
Book 1 in The Hollows Trilogy
If your ideal dark romance is equal parts horror and devotion - a creepy circus, a villain who calls obsession something worse than love, and an FMC who refuses to break - this one delivers all of it without flinching.
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Length404 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice5/5 · Taboo / forbidden
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Predator x prey
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Instant attraction
- High
- Taboo / forbidden
- Feral brain activated
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- Villain
- Obsessive love interest
- Rough / primal
- Obsessed
- Feral/unhinged
- Possessive love interest
- Possessive / claiming
- The angst delivered
- Stalker
- Feral devotion
- Power dynamic
- Book hangover
- Who did this to you
- Kinky / adventurous
- Touch her and die
- Dominant vibes
- Marking / biting
- Possessive/protective
- Marking hickeys
- Dirty talk (sweet/playful)
- Mine declarations
- Growling / possessive sounds
- BDSM elements
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Possessive
- Dominance
- Masochism
- Pain play
- Degradation (heavy)
- Impact play (spanking/hitting)
- Knife play
- Blood play
- Choking/breath play
- Voyeurism
- Overstimulation
- Marking
- Dubious consent elements
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Circus / theatre / performance troupe
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Captive romance
- Stalker romance
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- Hidden identity
- Secret society
- Revenge romance
- Found family
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Heavy
- Survivor
- Scarred main character or love interest (MC/LI)
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- Gothic
- Raw
- Intense
- Atmospheric
- Performer
- Seductive
- Eerie
- Dangerous
- Gritty
- Slow descent into darkness
- No one is safe
- Forbidden desire
- Addictive pacing
- Binge read
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Book details
- Length
- 404 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book