The Kraken's Sacrifice
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- Author：Katee Robert
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Summary
Catalina only made her deal with the demon because she had nowhere else to go。 The world has kicked her every chance it got， so she’s all too happy to leave the realm she knows behind。 What’s the worst that could happen？
She doesn’t anticipate being auctioned away to a kraken。
Thane is cold and distant…but he’s not unkind。 Isolated as they are， Catalina finds herself seeking his company again and again。 And when she finally agrees to uphold her portion of the bargain？
That’s when things get really interesting。
But she only gave the demon seven years， and when the time is up， she’ll have no choice but to leave behind the kraken who’s stolen her heart and return to the world that doesn’t want her。
Author’s Note: For all tropes， tags， and CWs， please check the author’s website。
She doesn’t anticipate being auctioned away to a kraken。
Thane is cold and distant…but he’s not unkind。 Isolated as they are， Catalina finds herself seeking his company again and again。 And when she finally agrees to uphold her portion of the bargain？
That’s when things get really interesting。
But she only gave the demon seven years， and when the time is up， she’ll have no choice but to leave behind the kraken who’s stolen her heart and return to the world that doesn’t want her。
Author’s Note: For all tropes， tags， and CWs， please check the author’s website。
Reviews
Aleigha
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3。75 starsThis was so good。 I could have went with less politics in a novella， but not a huge deal。 The spice was fantastic。 I will say that I was definitely expecting there to be a lot more of it， but what was there was so good that it made up for it。 I really enjoyed this！！
Roz
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3。5 ⭐️ rounded up for now but I might come back and round down depending on how I feel。 I think I was more interested in seeing more of Ramanu than any other character in this book。 I’m going to be reading their book next :）
Zizzy W
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Before reading， I read some reviews on this book that were incredibly nuanced and thoughtful regarding Thane's treatment of Catalina。 I'm going to shout out Valkyrie for having the most well thought out one。While I definitely agree with the statements made， and absolutely see how his treatment of her was harmful and hurtful， I admittedly would not have picked up on it without having been aware beforehand。I'm sure some part of me would've registered that I didn't like this book as much as Dragon' Before reading， I read some reviews on this book that were incredibly nuanced and thoughtful regarding Thane's treatment of Catalina。 I'm going to shout out Valkyrie for having the most well thought out one。While I definitely agree with the statements made， and absolutely see how his treatment of her was harmful and hurtful， I admittedly would not have picked up on it without having been aware beforehand。I'm sure some part of me would've registered that I didn't like this book as much as Dragon's Bride， but wouldn't have been able to articulate it or really known about it on more than a subconscious level。So while yes， I do agree， I'm gonna rate it 3 stars because it didn't detract from my personal reading experience。Hoping， however， the next books in the series live more up to Dragon's Bride！ 。。。more
dani
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DNF 20%
Aggis
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Wow I hated Catalina。 Every compliment the girl got turned into at least a paragraph of self hate （mostly referencing her late mother）。 “No one likes me I’m too loud， messy， fat， difficult etc。” it was never ending and it happened constantly throughout the entire book。 Thane was not much better and basically isolates the heroine in a tower by herself for a week because he’s sad over his previous humans death。 I’m not sure what I expected but this one was a slow and annoying read。 I’m glad Thane Wow I hated Catalina。 Every compliment the girl got turned into at least a paragraph of self hate （mostly referencing her late mother）。 “No one likes me I’m too loud， messy， fat， difficult etc。” it was never ending and it happened constantly throughout the entire book。 Thane was not much better and basically isolates the heroine in a tower by herself for a week because he’s sad over his previous humans death。 I’m not sure what I expected but this one was a slow and annoying read。 I’m glad Thane and Catalina found each other because no one else could stand them 。。。more
Victoria
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I know at this point that if I pick up a Katee Robert book， I will enjoy reading it。 I was curious about this particular series of hers， but there are some things I am just not into。 Also， it was a very short/quick read。
Elisabeth Arritt
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Really this book is 4。75 stars but I dont like to penalize the author for Goodread's inability to allow for partial stars。 The characters are so well written and the story flows。 I didnt read the first one but I definitely want to go back and do that and also buy the hard copy of both。 Really this book is 4。75 stars but I dont like to penalize the author for Goodread's inability to allow for partial stars。 The characters are so well written and the story flows。 I didnt read the first one but I definitely want to go back and do that and also buy the hard copy of both。 。。。more
Amanda mcguire
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2 stars
Layelle Jaafar
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I enjoyed this a lot more than the first as I felt this one had a bit more plot， so I'm excited to see where the third one goes as it ties in with queen of the vampire court！ （Not fully but grace is mentioned） Relationship between the two is beautiful and I'm glad it was not some love at first sight， they both have had past traumas that they're still working through but now have eachother to lean on which gets my heart 💓💓The spice of course never fails for me。 The tentacles wow 👏wow 👏wow👏， darli I enjoyed this a lot more than the first as I felt this one had a bit more plot， so I'm excited to see where the third one goes as it ties in with queen of the vampire court！ （Not fully but grace is mentioned） Relationship between the two is beautiful and I'm glad it was not some love at first sight， they both have had past traumas that they're still working through but now have eachother to lean on which gets my heart 💓💓The spice of course never fails for me。 The tentacles wow 👏wow 👏wow👏， darling。。。 ， dom and brat dynamic 🥵🥵🥵 I'm obsessed， katee just knows！！！！ Excited for the next journey！ 。。。more
Amelia Louise Price
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This was really bad。 Katee has so many great ideas， she just doesn’t give them enough time for good execution of them。 She releases multiple books a year and so none of them in my opinion are fleshed out enough。 This is the 4th book of hers I’ve read and I have the same opinion of all。 Such creative ideas but not enough time given to them。 This book was not good， it was the worst love interest I think I’ve ever read too。 Half the book is him talking about his dead husband and how he’s so much be This was really bad。 Katee has so many great ideas， she just doesn’t give them enough time for good execution of them。 She releases multiple books a year and so none of them in my opinion are fleshed out enough。 This is the 4th book of hers I’ve read and I have the same opinion of all。 Such creative ideas but not enough time given to them。 This book was not good， it was the worst love interest I think I’ve ever read too。 Half the book is him talking about his dead husband and how he’s so much better than our MC。 Plus they kept bringing up the dead husband and her bad mother and childhood trauma in weird parts？？ Like they’ll be fucking and all of a sudden she’s thinking about her mum？ Or he’s thinking about his dead husband？ It’s just odd。 Plus the dingy and wet caves？ Not my idea of a good romance setting。 Everything is always wet so I kept thinking about how everything would smell weird and probably be moist and mouldy。 That’s all I could think about plus it would be so dark。 Not a fun environment for a human。 The pronouns parts I am on the fence about。 I just don’t think they were naturally incorporated into the book。 Characters are introducing themselves as their name and pronouns and then the next chapter someone who uses neo pronouns assumes someone they don’t know is a she without knowing them。 That’s my thoughts。 。。。more
Victoria Bowers
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Holy hell！ Have I mentioned that Katee Robert is my favorite author？ No？ Well she is ❤️ I swear she keeps outdoing herself with every book of hers that I’ve read。 This book is the second in the series and follows Thane （a Kraken） and Catalina （human） Catalina hasn’t had the best or easiest of time so she decides to enter into a bargain for 7 years to help with it。 Thane just so happens to be the lucky fella that gets her in this bargain 😅 。 They start off on a rocky start but damn when they star Holy hell！ Have I mentioned that Katee Robert is my favorite author？ No？ Well she is ❤️ I swear she keeps outdoing herself with every book of hers that I’ve read。 This book is the second in the series and follows Thane （a Kraken） and Catalina （human） Catalina hasn’t had the best or easiest of time so she decides to enter into a bargain for 7 years to help with it。 Thane just so happens to be the lucky fella that gets her in this bargain 😅 。 They start off on a rocky start but damn when they start getting aquatinted things pick up and I mean they pick up quickly！ Before I start spilling all the beans there are some tentacle 🐙 play in this。 Check your triggers please！ Katee is always spectacular about having them displayed， and if none of the warnings will trigger you， kick back， relax get you a buzz buzz or someone who consents and enjoy the **wild** ride。 。。。more
judy lee-duvoisin
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➝ 1 starthis book devastated me， but not in a good way。 our MC， catalina， was someone who very much wore her insecurities about being a perpetual disappointment to others on her sleeve。 this was clearly evident in the way she would respond to every single interaction she had， and was even further cemented with the lengthy， never-ending internal monologues she had running thru the story that just went on and on about her fear of never being wanted or loved。 as for the love interest， thane， he ➝ 1 starthis book devastated me， but not in a good way。 our MC， catalina， was someone who very much wore her insecurities about being a perpetual disappointment to others on her sleeve。 this was clearly evident in the way she would respond to every single interaction she had， and was even further cemented with the lengthy， never-ending internal monologues she had running thru the story that just went on and on about her fear of never being wanted or loved。 as for the love interest， thane， he was incredibly callous， inconsiderate， and cold-hearted。 you can attribute some of these qualities to the heartbreak he experienced from losing his husband a few years prior， but to pair someone who already has such a low sense of self-worth with someone who doesn't think twice about treating others like shit just screams a bad fucking time。from their very first interaction， thane treated catalina as nothing more than a nuisance， the exact sentiment that she had come to expect from every single person in her life。 from there， he would continue to hurt her feelings with every interaction， caused her life-threatening harm from his thoughtlessness， and then would completely abandon her for long stretches of time， isolating her from any form of social interaction with him or others。 the sheer cruelty of his actions made me absolutely SOB bc nobody deserves to be treated like this。i so badly wanted to DNF this book at around the halfway point， but stuck thru it for the sole reason of having to see how this story would play out。 i needed to understand how thane would turn things around， bc i just couldn't picture it。 unfortunately， what we got was so much worse than i could've ever imagined。 not only did he not grovel in the way he absolutely needed to， but he put her in harms way with his negligence AGAIN when catalina ended up with an unwanted pregnancy after the two of them had lots and lots of unprotected sex。 i don’t care that the intention was never to hurt catalina， bc the outcome remained the same， time and time again。 he hurt her。 these two remained a bad pairing all the way to the end of the book， and that might actually be the worst part of this entire reading experience。 bc all i feel when i think about this couple is complete and utter hopelessness。 。。。more
Dana
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good but read the warnings Definitely and interesting and hot read BUT way more triggers than book 1。 Br sure and read the content warnings as there is unwanted pregnancy and more in here （wish the ebook opened on the warnings instead of the map。）
Taylor Milligan-Csemez
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5/5⭐️ 3/5🌶️ TROPES: Grumpy/sunshine， Monster Romance， Widower， Forced Proximity。 CW: Mental & Emotional Abuse/Neglect， Spousal Death， pregnancy termination， grief， body shaming。It’s shocks me to see a lot of mixed reviews on this one！ I really enjoyed it， I have it 5 stars。 I feel like there’s more emotional depth and growth with these characters compared to The Dragons Bride。 Thank and Catalina are great characters and come with a lot of past trauma and baggage and I love that even though they 5/5⭐️ 3/5🌶️ TROPES: Grumpy/sunshine， Monster Romance， Widower， Forced Proximity。 CW: Mental & Emotional Abuse/Neglect， Spousal Death， pregnancy termination， grief， body shaming。It’s shocks me to see a lot of mixed reviews on this one！ I really enjoyed it， I have it 5 stars。 I feel like there’s more emotional depth and growth with these characters compared to The Dragons Bride。 Thank and Catalina are great characters and come with a lot of past trauma and baggage and I love that even though they had a rocky start together they start to learn to communicate and grow with one another。 I was a little shocked to read about the pregnancy termination but at the same time I want put off by it because it is a real life occurrence it should be talked about。 This is why everyone SHOULD read CW’s if you have any！Some people thought it was rushed but I didn’t really feel that way。 I do think if Katee wanted to， it could have been longer but for a novella I think it was beautifully done。 。。。more
Holly
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dnf @35% I'm honestly just so bored and based on the other reviews I don't think it will get any better dnf @35% I'm honestly just so bored and based on the other reviews I don't think it will get any better 。。。more
Gabrielle Martin
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So I want to start off with saying I LOVE Katee Robert books。 I have read the entire Wicked Villains series， all Dark Olympus Books that are currently out， plus the first of the book in A Deal With a Demon series， plus others。 But this book just fell flat for me。 It became more and more difficult to want to finish the book。 I enjoyed the first book in the series， but this one just felt disjointed in so many parts and the lack of explanation felt like it left things unanswered。 There are some thi So I want to start off with saying I LOVE Katee Robert books。 I have read the entire Wicked Villains series， all Dark Olympus Books that are currently out， plus the first of the book in A Deal With a Demon series， plus others。 But this book just fell flat for me。 It became more and more difficult to want to finish the book。 I enjoyed the first book in the series， but this one just felt disjointed in so many parts and the lack of explanation felt like it left things unanswered。 There are some things added to the book that felt like they were just thrown in there for social controversy reasons， instead of actually adding to the plot of the book。 Like parts were thrown in the book because they could be， not because they helped the plot in any way。*Added Details regarding to the CW's and TW'S* There is an EXTREMELY LARGE amount of numerous types of abuse in this book。 For myself personally reading about abuse isn't a no-go， it doesn't turn me away from reading a book。 But knowing abuse and knowing others who have been through abuse， there is a significant amount in this book。 （and yes， this is mentioned in the CW and TW provided by Katee） I just want to add that the majority of this book is either referencing abuse or describing it。 There is an abortion part that felt un necessary and extremely unneeded。 I say unneeded as in there was virtually no lead up to it and it just showed up and was done。 It threw everything off。 I wanted to enjoy this book， I REALLY did， but I was left feeling disappointed。 。。。more
Jill
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Rating: 3。5 out of 5
Briar Drost
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3。5？ I’m glad these books are fairly short because even though I enjoy them， every main character seems to have a lot of issues。 Understandably， considering the basic theme running through all the books。 Making deals with demons isn’t typically something stable and happy people with no problems do。 The trauma， etc starts to be too much after a bit though。
TheReadingDumby
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honestly， this was a bit of a let down from what i was expecting。 i really liked the first book， and i felt like this just kinda missed the mark。 also， why was thane a total douchebag to catalina for the first like half of the book。 poor girl said that she was used to the neglectful abuse he was handing out， WHAT THE FUCK THANEEEE。
DemetraP
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This book didn't work for me。1。 Katalina the heroine is a whiner。 Oh， everyone in my life has always said I'm too much。 My mom never wanted me to swim so I never learned how。 My boyfriend abandoned me on the side of the road so I ended up in a biker bar drinking them under the table。 I got cab fare home though。 I'm behind on my rent and I lost my job。 Anything even making a deal with a demon is better than having to tell my mom I need help。2。 Way too may unusual pronouns。 One of the demons want This book didn't work for me。1。 Katalina the heroine is a whiner。 Oh， everyone in my life has always said I'm too much。 My mom never wanted me to swim so I never learned how。 My boyfriend abandoned me on the side of the road so I ended up in a biker bar drinking them under the table。 I got cab fare home though。 I'm behind on my rent and I lost my job。 Anything even making a deal with a demon is better than having to tell my mom I need help。2。 Way too may unusual pronouns。 One of the demons want to be called they/them and the hero's sibling uses ze and zir。 It was beyond distracting and kept throwing me out of the story。3。 The hero keeps talking about his dead husband Brant and how much he misses him。 。。。more
Scooby2
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DNF 45% Done with a**hole male who is supposed to be the love interest-just a huge nope
Jasmine
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Meh。 I really disliked the two main characters， so it was hard to care or get into this one。 I was more intrigued with Ramanu 👀
Megan
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Is it weird to say not enough erotica。。。？
Adrianne
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I thought this book had some real potential in the first few chapters and after constant neglect/emotional abuse from Thane， not only does Catalina find herself fighting with her own thoughts/needs， I too find myself doing the same。 I was thoroughly disappointed with the way this book unraveled and left me with nothing but my own tears to cry myself to sleep at night。 not only did I feel the book needed to be longer for both of the MCs to be able to deal with their own mental problems， but it fe I thought this book had some real potential in the first few chapters and after constant neglect/emotional abuse from Thane， not only does Catalina find herself fighting with her own thoughts/needs， I too find myself doing the same。 I was thoroughly disappointed with the way this book unraveled and left me with nothing but my own tears to cry myself to sleep at night。 not only did I feel the book needed to be longer for both of the MCs to be able to deal with their own mental problems， but it felt entirely too rushed in a way that things seemed to become a 'Happily Ever After'， but also not really？Idk。。 just do yourself a favor and read the author's trigger warnings on her website before proceeding。 。。。more
Gabbibuu
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First Katee Robert book in years that I don't finish in a sitting。 First Katee Robert book in years that I don't finish in a sitting。 。。。more
Stephanie
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Under the seaThis is the story of two broken souls， very different， but alike in their loneliness， coming together in ways they never expected。Catalina has gone through life， feeling like a screw-up。 All relationships are short， ending in pain， making her reluctant to believe she can have a caring relationship。 She enters into a demon's bargain for money， feeling that enough money will buy her friends， even if it's only an illusion of friends。Thane， as king of the kraken， enters into the bargain Under the seaThis is the story of two broken souls， very different， but alike in their loneliness， coming together in ways they never expected。Catalina has gone through life， feeling like a screw-up。 All relationships are short， ending in pain， making her reluctant to believe she can have a caring relationship。 She enters into a demon's bargain for money， feeling that enough money will buy her friends， even if it's only an illusion of friends。Thane， as king of the kraken， enters into the bargain in order to keep his realm safe。 He's a reluctant ruler， and has been grieving the loss of his mate for 5 years， feeling nothing will fill the void， and wanting nothing to fill it。It will take patience， and a willingness to learn for these characters to find their way out of their self imposed shields。 。。。more
Kelly McCord
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Not as good as the first one in the series。 I liked the world-building of the Kracken's domain， but it felt a bit empty？ The relationship-building between the two seemed unfinished & unresolved - just as damaged at the end as at the beginning。 And maybe I didn't really like either of them？The sexy times 。 。 。 meh？ During a couple of the scenes I felt that Thane could have been doing his taxes while all his tentacles were on autopilot - he seemed so disengaged。 Not as good as the first one in the series。 I liked the world-building of the Kracken's domain， but it felt a bit empty？ The relationship-building between the two seemed unfinished & unresolved - just as damaged at the end as at the beginning。 And maybe I didn't really like either of them？The sexy times 。 。 。 meh？ During a couple of the scenes I felt that Thane could have been doing his taxes while all his tentacles were on autopilot - he seemed so disengaged。 。。。more
Katya✨
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I really love this cover artist！！ That’s all I have to say that is positive about this I’m so sorry it’s like bad fan fiction
Corrinna Redford
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eh。 TD;LRRATE: ⭐️⭐️/5SPICE: 🌶️/5It’s a quick read but not really worth it。 I normally LOVE KR books。 I’ve read just about all of them。 So I KNOW they can do better than this。 This felt like a deadline rush。 No real plot。 No real character development。 The basis was 10000000000% there but it felt like it was closer over for no real substance。 ****Spoilers below ******With the first book we got to meet sol and briar and watch their love story unfold。 With thane and Lina it was like causal sex happ eh。 TD;LRRATE: ⭐️⭐️/5SPICE: 🌶️/5It’s a quick read but not really worth it。 I normally LOVE KR books。 I’ve read just about all of them。 So I KNOW they can do better than this。 This felt like a deadline rush。 No real plot。 No real character development。 The basis was 10000000000% there but it felt like it was closer over for no real substance。 ****Spoilers below ******With the first book we got to meet sol and briar and watch their love story unfold。 With thane and Lina it was like causal sex happened （out of the blue） and bam we are in love。 Lina is built up with a lot of trama and insecurities qhoch manifest in her head only and lightly in the way she interacts with thane。 But she doesn’t really dive into why。 Or the hard conversations。 Then you have thane who dealing with grief and they way it’s prorated is beautiful， probably one of the saving graces of this book。 But that’s it。 You get about 5/8 pages of the “time jump” after only being with the two MC for a month and then bam random abortion， I love you’d -end of book。 Jarring。 ALso！！ Ze/Zir？！？ I have never heard anyone in the LGBTQIA community use those pronouns。 The author uses them out of no where。 With out any explanation as to why or WHO they are referring to。 It was EXTREMELY confusing and not needed。 I feel as if they/them would have been just as effective and 10xless confusing。 Or JUST USE EMBY’s NAME。took you out of the story。 I though for about half of the book that Ze and Zir/Zer Wier other people/siblings。 Not the pronouns for emby。 。。。more
warhawke
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Genre: Fantasy RomanceType: Standalone Book 2 of A Deal with a Demon seriesPOV: First Person - DualRating: Catalina grew up in a bad household， and being overlooked was her normal。 With nothing to lose and desperation to change her life， she made a deal with a demon bargainer that led her to the Kraken King， Thane。This book was quite mild with a basic storyline。 I expected more fantastical elements due to the underwater world they lived in。 I liked that both characters had traumatic pasts， but Genre: Fantasy RomanceType: Standalone Book 2 of A Deal with a Demon seriesPOV: First Person - DualRating: Catalina grew up in a bad household， and being overlooked was her normal。 With nothing to lose and desperation to change her life， she made a deal with a demon bargainer that led her to the Kraken King， Thane。This book was quite mild with a basic storyline。 I expected more fantastical elements due to the underwater world they lived in。 I liked that both characters had traumatic pasts， but I felt it was overplayed for too long。 I shouldn’t care too much if she feels that way as long as she’s safe 。 。 。 but I do care。 Too much。 I liked Thane and his brooding personality， while Catalina grated my nerves with her constant neediness and woe-is-me attitude。 I enjoyed the sexy scenes， but for a book with tentacles hero， it seemed to be a lost opportunity that the scenes weren't maxed out to their full potential considering the genre。The Kraken's Sacrifice is a tale of opposite attractions。 It might appeal to readers who enjoy a mild monster romance。Books in the series: 🐙🔱🐙。 。 。 （F）BR with Twinsie CC 。 。 。 🐙🔱🐙 For more reviews/interviews/book talk/promo visit: 。。。more
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