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Title: Muerte
Series: Stygian Isles Book 1
Author: Natalie Bennett
Genre: Dark/Taboo Romantic Horror
Release Date: February 5, 2024
Devil's Mistress.Evil's whore.
Kidnapped. Abducted.
I’ve been taken away to a private island that’s home to the rich and elite.
Something sinister and perverse lurks just beneath the opulence.
It watches every breath I take and notes each move I make, ensuring that the purpose in which I’m here is never forgotten.
There’s a hierarchy amongst the natives and I am now the exclusive possession of ‘Diabolus’, a gorgeous man that is esteemed as the devil.
His wishes are simple to understand, but obediently giving in to his demands goes against every ounce of human decency and morality I possess.
As we spiral down a path of depravity that leads to the darkest depths of hell, I must decide how I want this to end.
Captor and captive.
Life or death.
Do I become what he needs, or do I risk it all just to die by his hand?
Author Note:
Stygian Isles is a romantic horror series that contains various dark themes. Reader discretion is highly advised. A CW can be found on the author's website as well as the author's note inside. Each book following the main duology is a standalone with a different couple.
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I felt like I was experiencing everything as though I was a captive along with Lolita
Only getting the corner and edge pieces of the puzzle
Unsure and slightly apprehensive of what was hiding just out of sight
I love that in a horror read - the edge-of-your-seat suspense and tension
The anxiety of not knowing
"He was a dark angel, emerging into a swath of daylight. "
Lolita has just been plucked from her reality and finds herself the prize in a bizarre and twisted world where one man, Diabolus, rules all
Including her
" relationship. What a delusion of normalcy that had been warped and twisted"
Hawthorne is so casual about what he is doing. There were times I questioned my reactions
He is the anointed one, the supreme deity, so why would he question anything?
I am so torn on whether he believes this or is just a manipulative baaaa
There are so many little clues that are just passed around willy-nilly you have to pay attention
Like why she was chosen. How the island worked. How the cult operates. Her fate.
A couple of my guesses were verified towards the end by our esteemed leader and others I collected and added to the pile of puzzle pieces
I have questions and I have multiple hypotheses
I need the next book to get some answers
This is one of those reads that will hit for some and miss for others
It was a hit for me - I read this in one sitting
Each page a little darker dragging me in a little deeper
It has the cult mentality, d/cnc, kidna[pping, scenes of crimson splatter, and much more
It does have some darker elements but I think the real show is yet to come
With a penchant for (writing) villainous immoral men, and a tendency to deviate away from traditional happily ever afters, Natalie Bennett is an international bestselling author of twisted and unconventional love stories.
When she's not slaying words she's somewhere in the sunshine state, happily taking life one curve-ball at a time.
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