Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Child death, Death, Blood, Death of a parent, Grief, Murder, Plague, Religious bigotry, Religious trauma, Body horror, Violence, Torture, Vomiting / emesis, Injury detail
What Monstrous Gods
by Rosamund Hodge
A Sleeping Beauty retelling where waking the royal family is the easy part. The dead sorcerer is charming, the gods are horrifying, and Lia refuses to let devotion excuse cruelty.
goodreads 3.32/5 2,113 ratings
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Length368 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice1/5 · Tension / anticipation
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Tension / anticipation
- Thought-provoking
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- Villain
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Longing glances
- Perspective shift
- Morally gray
- Banter
- Sweet / tender
- Growth-focused
- Dark/tortured soul
- Forbidden love
- Earned hope
- Only one who understands them
Fantasy promise
- Ya fantasy
- Fairytale retelling
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Gods/deities
- Road trip
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- Mythological
- Ghosts
- Temple / church / monastery
- Love triangle
- Magic bond
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Heavy
- High
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- Reluctant chosen one
- Teen MC (under 20)
- Lush
- Witch/mage
- Mysterious
- Introspective
- Survivor
- Emotional
- Deceptively deadly
- Tense
- Character-driven
- Haunting
- Fairy tale retelling
- Chosen one burden
- Bargain with consequences
- Forbidden magic
- Coming of age
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 368 pages
- Publisher
- Balzer + Bray
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book