Book profile
The Ritual
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.8 · 176 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
- Spice
- Heat not verified
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Why these tropes fit
At Barrington University, a senior becomes the 'chosen one' for Ryat Archer, a member of the Lords—a secret society of the most powerful men in the world who require blood in payment and devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. Believing his offer of freedom, she chooses to be his, only to discover his promises were another lie used by the Lords to manipulate her. Paraded around as his trophy inside their dark, twisted world, she eventually embraces her new role, but what started as a game becomes a fight for survival where the only way out is death.
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- Chosen One: “they are offered a chosen one” source
- Dark Romance: “After being sucked into the dark, twisted world of the Lords” source
- Captive Romance: “allowed Ryat to parade me around like the trophy I was to him. But like all things, what started out as a game soon became a fight for survival.” source
- Morally Gray: “He offered me what no one else ever had—freedom. I chose to be his. He made me believe that anyway, but it was just another lie. A way that the Lords manipulate you into doing what they want.” source
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Content notes
- graphic violence
Heat and content-note sources
graphic violence: “They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power.” Source
