This is not like those boring old fantasy books from the past. Just the simple idea that you become what you consume, felt like such a statement on humanity in general. Words cannot express my joy in reading a fantasy of this caliber. and especially if you want to know how four tiny tentacles surrounded a dick works in this world. So yes, I would highly recommend this book if you're in the mood for something slow burn, monster-virgin sacrifice trope, cinnamon roll (with a zest). I would be glad to be offered anytime as a sacrifice. He's attentive, protective, a little naive, and just a wholesome hero. I love little gestures in my romance and Orpheus checked off all the boxes. I can't tell you how many times I stopped and awwed at the things he did.

The author nailed it out of the park with his character.

Nope, you have to wait 370+ pages for that.Īlso, Orpheus is a complete sweetheart. I love that it didn't dive straight into the filthy weird (weird good okay!) sexual tension and have them banging each other on page 50. I think what made this book actually works for me, compared to other monster romance that I've read, was that this book took the time to develop the chemistry and dynamic between these two. I still don’t know, but what would have happened in the story if Belle had fucked the Beast before he became a human. Needless to say, it is a tale as old as time.īelle and the Beast, huh?. also, a very unique, ✨exceptional✨ male 'anatomy') and the virgin sacrifice that lacks fear and deemed to be cursed by the villagers. Second try!Ī Soul to Keep is one slow burn romance between a Duskwalker (imagine Elias from TAMB, furry body, wolf skeleton for the head and Impala's horns on the top. Okay, that is one of the most blasé reviews I've ever put out. the best monster romance I've read so far. She’s not afraid of him, and his insatiable desire deepens within every moment of her presence.īut will Orpheus be able to convince Reia to stay before she’s lost to him forever?Īs a fan of The Ancient Magus' Bride, you cannot not love this reimagining.Īlso, Orpheus is such a cinnamon roll. He'd thought it was a hopeless endeavour, until he met her. The brief companionship does little to ease his loneliness, and their lives were always, unfortunately, cut short. His skull face and glow eyes are ethereal, and she finds herself unwittingly enchanted by him.Įach decade, in exchange for a protection ward from the Demons that terrorise the world, Orpheus takes a human offering to the Veil – the place he lives and the home of Demons. When the next offering is due and the monstrous Duskwalker is seen heading their way, her village offers her an impossible choice – be thrown into the prison cells or allow herself to be sacrificed to a faceless monster. Known as a harbinger of bad omens and blamed for Demons eating her family, Reia is shunned by her entire village.

A Soul to Keep by Opal Reyne