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The Serpent and the Wolf
- Subgenre
- romantasy
- Edition year
- 2024-11-21
- Rating
- ★ 3.8 · 33 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
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This romantasy centers on a politically arranged marriage of convenience between a sharp, combat-trained noblewoman with awakened dark magic and a ruthless foreign ruler, where their initial transactional pact to advance his political power and secure her freedom and control over her magic evolves into a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, complicated by high-stakes court intrigue and betrayal from her power-hungry brother who schemes to kill her and use her death to justify war.
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- Arranged Marriage: “In one last political scheme, he marries her off to Reid of Mireh, a ruthless foreign ruler, in hopes that he can use her death as a rallying cry to finally invade Reid’s nation.” source
- Court Intrigue: “combines high-stakes political intrigue and a steamy, slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance.” source
- Curse: “After losing her mother—her only remaining parent—to a mysterious dark magic that has since awakened within her” source
- Enemies to Lovers: “combines high-stakes political intrigue and a steamy, slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance.” source
- Marriage of Convenience: “Reid offers her a deal: help him win the votes to rise in power, and she can walk free.” source
- Slow Burn: “combines high-stakes political intrigue and a steamy, slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance.” source
- Strong Heroine: “Vaasa enters her new marriage with every intent to escape it, wielding the hard-won political prowess and combat abilities her late father instilled in her.” source
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Content note death of parent
Simon & Schuster · ISBN 9781668052488 · US
After losing her mother—her only remaining parent—to a mysterious dark magicRead the original source
Edition publication 2024-11-19
Reading order Book 1
Simon & Schuster · ISBN 9781668052488 · US
Book #1 of Dark Inheritance TrilogyRead the original source
Series Dark Inheritance Trilogy
Trope slow burn
Simon & Schuster · ISBN 9781668052488 · US
a steamy, slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance.Read the original source
Trope enemies to lovers
Simon & Schuster · ISBN 9781668052488 · US
a steamy, slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance.Read the original source
Trope arranged marriage
Simon & Schuster · ISBN 9781668052488 · US
he marries her off to Reid of Mireh, a ruthless foreign rulerRead the original source
