![]() ![]() The result is almost like a weird kind of voyeurism where readers are supposed to start hoping that the climactic moment will finally arrive. Indeed, a good portion of the story is based around the question of, “When will he ravish her?” Nyx initially lives each night in fear, believing her husband will claim his marital rights. Yet, time and again, the story returns to Nyx’s sexual desires. The worldbuilding here is fascinating, and that drew me in, as did the mystery behind the demon lord’s curse. I always feel conflicted about books like Cruel Beauty because I personally feel a little uncomfortable spending my time reading about someone’s lustful feelings. Readers who enjoy steamy romances will find this fairy tale retelling to their taste. Focused on the forced marriage of seventeen-year-old Nyx to the demon lord who rules her world, the story is ostensibly about Nyx’s efforts to kill her husband, but ends up being about Nyx’s desire to kiss the demon lord, as well as his mysterious, animate shadow. ![]() Can she save Ignifex? Or will she lose him forever?Ĭruel Beauty is part fantasy, but mostly romance. Then, unexpectedly, Nyx finds herself falling in love. Seventeen-year-old Nyx’s father made a bargain with the demon lord Ignifex before she was born. ![]()
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