A Soul to Keep: Duskwalker Brides: Book One

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A Soul to Keep: Duskwalker Brides: Book One

A Soul to Keep: Duskwalker Brides: Book One

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In romance, when a main character is held captive by the other main character, readers know in real life it is not romantic, attractive, or good-hearted. Duskwalkers “eat” their humanity - as they eat humans they learn and gain capabilities like the ability to do magic. Imagine writing the sentence ‘They came in many sizes, which informed their prey if the monster in front of them would guarantee their death or not.

Don't pretend that you've never wanted to be railed by some human eating, dark entity that has a skull for a face - you saw that cover, you knew what you were getting yourself into, and you still chose to open this book and read. Her tears finally fell, dripping from the corners of her eyes to run over her temples and into her hair. Orpheus, a bloodthirsty duskwalker, demands a bride every ten years from a village in exchange for protection, and as the story begins, he is offered Reia: a headstrong social outcast who doesn’t have enough fear in her body to let him intimidate her. For anyone who has extensively read monster romances, you’ll notice a repetition of certain monstrous characteristics within the mc: colorful skin, claws, sharp teeth, sometimes horns, and tails. Reia and the Dustwalker named Orpheus are alone on page for most of the book - with the occasional appearance from demons trying to kill her, an ominous Owl Witch, and another Dustwalker who is not as smart as Orpheus.

Katerina was his first, and therefore the one who experienced Orpheus at his least humane, at his most dangerous. This year, Reia is chosen, yet she finds that this 7ft tall demon creature Orpheus isn't as bad as she'd expected.

So for five years, in her mind, Katerina was a prisoner being raped, biding her time till she could escape. She's portrayed as some slutty, greedy ex-girlfriend who abandoned poor unloved Orpheus when she's actually just a survivor of some horrific kidnapping and assault who's turned her life around with a new partner who treats her better. I'm so obsessed with this sweet giant of a Duskwalker and his perfect girl who finally showed him what love means.

Most people can differentiate between reality and fiction, so the trope becomes something sweet and fun in fiction. I never felt like the story dragged, and I would have loved more time before the “happily ever after”. There's 4 more books and it's just like a Christmas miracle to me- this is the best gem ever I have stumbled upon to. Look, Orpheus is so sweet, but I’m not down for an animal skull headed dude nor am I into a penis that has tentacles that can retract inside the body.

I can’t wait to learn more about the unnamed Duskwalker, and I will be reading the rest of the series with hopes that a situation like the one above isn’t repeated. However, there were some times where I thought, "that seems like a ridiculous/easy explanation" when it came to the hows and the whys of the creatures or magic in this realm, but I decided to accept it for what it was so I could continue to enjoy the story.

In one of the first physical scenes between Reia and Orpheus the author includes misinformation about what a hymen is, as well as the harmful purity stereotype that revolves around it. She was taken against her will by a monster, and because she thought she'd die if she resisted Orpheus, she placated him by agreeing to cordially live with him. But instead of seeing this point of view, Reia legit blames her since Katerina "never voiced her wants, had never denied Orpheus, simply because she was too blind to see he would have stopped touching if she has just simply said no. I just wanted more depth and better flow, a more comprehensive unfolding of this world with demons and duskwalkers and a veil.

Don’t pretend that you’ve never wanted to be railed by some human eating, dark entity that has a skull for a face – you saw the cover, you knew what you were getting yourself into, and you still chose to open this book and read it. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Thanks to dual-POV because I got to know more about his background, it makes me want to hug him so badly!

There are a lot of moments where Reia is purposefully obtuse, which was very annoying and had me screaming at her to use her brain. he was already wavering for the ow when she was lying to him and remembered how much he cared about her and how much her betrayal had hurt. Orpheus we learn more about, but it seemed like a lot of it was revealed by others and I wanted to know him more from his perspective.



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