Book profile
The Chosen
- Subgenre
- romantasy
- Edition year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.0 · 1 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
- Spice
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Condemned to brutal interrogation and execution by the Black Dagger Brotherhood for treason against the Blind King, Xcor—the leader of the Band of Bastards—accepts his fate, his only regret the loss of Layla, the sacred Chosen who could never be his. Layla alone knows the truth about Xcor's hidden heritage and sacrifice, a revelation that could save his life but would cost her dearly, including her role as mother to her precious young. Torn between silence and salvation, she must weigh exposing his secrets against losing everything she holds dear.
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- Tortured Hero: “facing a brutal interrogation and torturous death at the hands of the Black Dagger Brotherhood” source
- Hidden Identity: “Revealing his sacrifice and his hidden heritage will expose them both” source
- Sacrifice: “Layla alone knows the truth that will save Xcor's life. But revealing his sacrifice” source
- Secret Baby: “even her role of mother to her precious young” source
- Vampire Romance: “leader of the Band of Bastards, convicted of treason against the Blind King, is facing a brutal interrogation and torturous death at the hands of the Black Dagger Brotherhood” source
- Anti-Hero: “after a life marked by cruelty and evil deeds, he accepts his soldier's fate” source
- Forbidden Love: “his sole regret the loss of a sacred female who was never his: the Chosen Layla” source
- Court Intrigue: “convicted of treason against the Blind King” source
- Morally Gray: “after a life marked by cruelty and evil deeds, he accepts his soldier's fate, his sole regret the loss of a sacred female who was never his” source
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- torture
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torture: “facing a brutal interrogation and torturous death at the hands of the Black Dagger Brotherhood” Source
