May 1, 2026
Throne in the Dark by A. K. Caggiano
Damien Maleficus Bloodthorne is a blood mage, performing magic using his own blood. He is determined to lift the curse that has trapped his father Zagadoth the Tempestuous in a crystal for 23 years. But just when he completes the necessary ritual, he unintentionally imbeds the talisman in the body of a human woman named Amma, and finds himself forced to drag the painfully cheerful girl with him on his quest.
A grumpy/sunshine romantasy that reminded me of Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer, with the cranky dark lord and perpetually cheerful thorn in his side that he has somehow gotten himself attached to. Like most fantasy novels, it took a while to sort out the fantasy world - it's complicated. A helping of mental sorbet after reading some darker shit.
Many thanks to Edelweiss and the publisher for providing an eARC for review.
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