Book profile
The Ascended
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 2025
- Spice
- Heat not verified
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In a high-fantasy world where divine power bleeds into the mortal realm, fisherman's daughter Thais Morvaren secretly hides her ability to forge starlight. When a priest's ritual exposes her powers, she is seized and conscripted into the deadly Trials of Ascension against her will, transforming her fear into purpose: to kill the King of the Gods. The selection ceremony binds her to Xül, an arrogant necromancer prince with blood-soaked hands and dark secrets, whose stubborn clash with Thais sparks enemies-to-lovers tension neither intends to yield to. Each brutal trial survived brings her closer to godhood, while an ancient malevolent darkness stalks the shadows of the divine realm, threatening to unravel the heavens themselves.
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- Enemies to Lovers: “He's insufferably arrogant, she's stubborn to the bone, and neither has any intention of yielding to the other... or to the heat between them.” source
- Tournament: “When twins Thais and Thatcher are thrust into the deadly Trials of Ascension, they'll navigate brutal competitions” source
- Chosen One: “a priest's ritual exposes her powers, Thais is seized and conscripted into the trials against her will” source
- Forced Proximity: “The selection ceremony binds her to a mentor: Xül.” source
- Slow Burn: “From the moment they meet, sparks fly.” source
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Content notes
- graphic violence
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graphic violence: “thrust into the deadly Trials of Ascension, they'll navigate brutal competitions” Source
