Reviews"With detailed worldbuilding, a brooding and troubled anti-hero, and a heroine with a strong backbone struggling between duty to family, love, and all mortalkind, this epic, slow-burn romantasy is a page-turner for romance and fantasy fans alike." -- School Library Journal, starred review
Series Volume Number1
Dewey Decimal813.6
SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This BookTok sensation is the first in a slow burn, epic romantasy series following one woman who must risk everything to save her family--and all of mortalkind. Now in a collectible hardcover edition featuring gorgeous full-color endpapers, an exclusive designed hardcover case, and a never-before-seen bonus chapter. When old secrets catch fire, everything will burn. In a mortal world colonized by the gods and ruled over by their cruel, magical offspring called the Descended, Diem Bellator yearns to escape her poor village. Her mother's sudden disappearance--and the discovery of a dangerous secret about her past--offer Diem an unexpected opportunity to enter the dark world of Descended royalty and unlock a web of mysteries left behind by her mother. With the dying King's handsome yet enigmatic heir watching her every move and a ruthless rebel alliance recruiting her to join the growing civil war, Diem must navigate the unwritten rules of love, power, and politics in order to save her family--and all of mortalkind., A BookTok and Bookstagram hit! The first book in a slow burn, enemies-to-lovers epic romantasy series set in a world colonized by the gods and ruled over by the Descended, where Diem has to navigate the unwritten rules of love, power, and politics in order to save her family--and all of mortalkind. Now in an exclusive hardcover edition featuring a never-before-seen bonus chapter and collectible design., NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLER This BookTok sensation is the first in a slow burn, epic romantasy series following one woman who must risk everything to save her family--and all of mortalkind. Now in a collectible hardcover edition featuring gorgeous full-color endpapers, an exclusive designed hardcover case, and a never-before-seen bonus chapter. When old secrets catch fire, everything will burn. In a mortal world colonized by the gods and ruled over by their cruel, magical offspring called the Descended, Diem Bellator yearns to escape her poor village. Her mother's sudden disappearance--and the discovery of a dangerous secret about her past--offer Diem an unexpected opportunity to enter the dark world of Descended royalty and unlock a web of mysteries left behind by her mother. With the dying King's handsome yet enigmatic heir watching her every move and a ruthless rebel alliance recruiting her to join the growing civil war, Diem must navigate the unwritten rules of love, power, and politics in order to save her family--and all of mortalkind.