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The Silver Devil by Teresa Denys
1.5

I don't even know why I finished this book. I suppose I hoped that Domenico would be redeemed somehow and also show some tenderness towards our heroine at some point? Well...
Honestly, it makes so much sense that homegirl is a teen because otherwise you could not justify why a woman would stay with the man who has her kidnapped, grapes her and treats her like sht. Also he's clearly a very disturbed guy
at the latest when he has a man ripped apart by dogs, in front of her might I add, I would have run the other way. And girly you had your chance with the ambush

He's also not even a good ruler because his stubborness makes him ignore ovious treacherous plans and so I could not take him serious. There's also a lot of political plotting in this book. And until the end I was convinced (as was our homegirl) that he had absolutely no tender feelings towards her and was just using her for her body.
Basically, this is the original blueprint for every modern dark romance book. Not my cuppa...

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