Book profile
The Claw and the Crowned
- Subgenre
- romantasy
- Edition year
- 2023-01-03
- Rating
- ★ 5.0 · 1 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
- Spice
- Heat not verified
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A royal whose arranged elevation to prince's consort pulls her into a suffocating court, only to be undone by the brooding, vengeance-fueled knight assigned as her personal guard. Their openly hostile first meeting ignites a forbidden spark against the backdrop of her existing betrothal, framing a love triangle in which the dark knight whispers commands she cannot resist while concealing a personal vendetta that begins and ends with her.
Reading order
Book 3 of 4 in The Book of All Things — see the full reading order →
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- Enemies to Lovers: “electric enemies to lovers fantasy romance” source
- Greek Mythology: “with hints of Hades and Persephone.” source
- Revenge Plot: “Drazhan's revenge doesn't just start with Imryll. It ends with her.” source
- Arranged Marriage: “the king stuns everyone by crowning her the prince's consort” source
- Love Triangle: “loyalty is torn between the prince she was sold to and the tempestuous knight” source
- Tortured Hero: “The roaring vengeance burning in his heart, scorching him from the inside out, is a painful mystery” source
- Court Intrigue: “any lingering dreams of a future away from the suffocating Rhiagain court” source
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Reading order Book 1
Sarah M. Cradit · Work-level source
The Claw and the Crowned is the first story in the Sceptre Cycle of The Book of All Things.Read the original source
Series Sceptre Cycle
Sarah M. Cradit · Work-level source
The Claw and the Crowned is the first story in the Sceptre Cycle of The Book of All Things.Read the original source
