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- Content warnings: Death, Violence, Blood, Gore, Trauma, Religious bigotry, Manipulation, War, Captivity, Grief, Betrayal
Tales of a Deadly Devotion
by Jennifer Delaney
Book 2 in Tales of a Monstrous Heart
Gothic witch romantasy where every magic bargain costs something real. Jane Eyre energy with demons and a friendship arc that hits as hard as the romance.
goodreads 4.08/5 176 ratings
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Length384 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · 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)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- The angst delivered
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Slow burn with late spice
- Earned hope
- Scholar/intellectual
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Intellectual connection
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Obsessed
- Professor/mentor
- Power imbalance
- Longing glances
- Book hangover
- Mutual pining
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Forehead touching
- Eye contact intensity
- Magic-infused intimacy
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Manor house / estate
- Gothic
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Professor x student
- Academy / campus
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- High fantasy
- Demons
- Mentor/student dynamics
- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Monsters
- Magic bond
- Dark romance
- Found family
Reading experience
- First person
- Dark
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Bookworm/scholar
- MC 20-30
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- Atmospheric
- Witch/mage
- Survivor
- Intense
- Lush
- Curse-breaker
- Brooding
- Literary
- Yearning
- Haunting
- Mysterious
- Bargain with consequences
- Forbidden knowledge
- Slow descent into darkness
- Cursed bloodline
- Morally complex
- No one is safe
- Haunted castle
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Book details
- Length
- 384 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book