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- Content warnings: Abandonment, Captivity, Childhood trauma, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual assault (referenced), Violence, Body shaming, Abortion, Toxic relationships, Sexual content
The Kraken's Sacrifice
by Katee Robert
Book 2 in A Deal With a Demon
An emotionally heavy monster romance where the kraken is somehow the safest person in the room.
Goodreads 3.4/5 26,700 ratings
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Length180 pages
Series statusCompleted series
Spice4/5 · Intense / passionate
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Grumpy sunshine
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- High
- Intense / passionate
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Monster
- Mutual pining
- Possessive / claiming
- The angst delivered
- Grumpy protector
- Protective love interest
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Escape
- Secretly soft
- Hurt/comfort
- Tender / sweet explicit
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Only soft for them
- Praise kink
- Book hangover incoming
- Dark/tortured soul
- Body worship
- Touch starvation
- Possessive/protective
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Tentacle/appendage themes
- Monster romance elements
- Monstrous anatomy
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Size difference
- Claiming
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Monster romance
- Manor house / estate
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Kraken / tentacle beings
- Interspecies romance
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- Underground / underworld
- Underworld / death realm
- Demons
- Monsters
- Forced proximity
- Captive romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Conversational
- Heavy
- Survivor
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- Plus size MC
- Intense
- Immersive
- Damaged survivor
- Romantic
- Seductive
- Caretaker
- Steamy
- Punchy
- Atmospheric
- Emotional
- Yearning
- Melancholic
- Bargain with consequences
- Forbidden desire
- Page turner
- Emotional devastation
- Comfort read vibes
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Book details
- Length
- 180 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book