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Liv Zander’s King of Flesh and Bone certainly walks the line between thrilling and triggering for me, but she weaves an incredibly rich dark fantasy romance that kept me listening to the audiobook until the end. I was entirely tangled up in the story of Ada and Enosh: her determination to stay true as it is overwhelmed by his possessiveness, his questionable nearly non existent morals, and each carrying their own pasts. QTP. Question The Premise. What works for 99% of writers might not work for me. Writers, teachers, and gurus love to preach how we just “have to get the story out in a first draft” or “stop editing as we write”. Not only is it untrue for me but causes me frustration and stress I don’t need. Becca Syme from the Better Faster Academy truly helped me understand how my writer brain works, and how to trust my process, no matter how odd it may seem. My TBR is an electronic dumpster fire with random books tossed together from any and all genres. I might read an alien romance one night, then a fictional biography about the last princess of Korea the next. And how about we toss a horror in there? Or a book about 20 ways to make pancakes? Below are the worlds this author has built around these two characters. The details of both worlds are so incredibly vivid that you can easily imagine each element.
It didn’t change my life, but it certainly sparked my love for dystopian and dark fantasy worlds. Too bad that I don’t remember the title. I was in elementary school when I read it. A story about children who grew up during famine. Could have been set in Ireland, but it was an alternative world since there were no adults. As a kid at the age of 8 or so, the idea of having to fend for myself and group together with other kids fascinated and terrified me. Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Gaslighting, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War It does start a bit awkwardly. But as long as you get past chapter 2 the story starts To write itself almost. I did struggle with the 1st chapter understanding what was happening once I did I couldn't believe the story I was falling into. King of Flesh and Bone is a full-length dark fantasy novel and the first book by the duo The Pale Court. The two-part story centers on a ruthless man, the woman who cannot escape her love, and a HEA.
King of Flesh and Bone is a full-length dark fantasy novel, and book one in The Pale Court duet. The two-part story features a ruthless man, the woman who can’t escape his love, and a HEA. This world contains dark themes, violence, loss, and elements of horror some may find disturbing, and readers can find more detailed information on www.livzander.com. What this book doesn’t contain is a hero – because villains do it better. Book Genre: Adult, Adult Fiction, Dark, Dark Fantasy, Erotica, Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Horror, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Romance First of all, the characters blew me away! Especially Enos. He’s the bad boy that every woman fears but secretly fantasizes about. He is by no means a good guy, as he will demonstrate at the beginning of the book. Ada is a fighter, brave and unaware of her true worth. Next, let’s introduce whiplash and move from undead to non-consensual filth… (clarification on that below if you’re curious). Initially, the profanity was so widespread that I wondered if it should have been classified as erotic, but the plot moves on. PDF / EPUB File Name: King_of_Flesh_and_Bone_-_Liv_Zander.pdf, King_of_Flesh_and_Bone_-_Liv_Zander.epub
Liv has an unhealthy love for sexy villains. To cure herself of her poor choice in men, she’s currently undergoing therapy, but who can afford that these days? To fund her co-pays, she’s writing deliciously dark fantasy romance about the men who would burn the world to the ground for their women. Is that counter-productive? Probably, but it’s also a lot of fun. We are first introduced to Ada, a widowed midwife who had been forsaken by her people for being unable to give her late husband children. The world she lives in is one surrounded by death and wandering corpses due to a curse created by the King of Flesh and Bone. Due to a misfortunate event involving a wayward mule ends up dragging her into the Pale Court at the feet of the King of Flesh and Bone himself. She finds herself his captive and spends much of this book plotting the best way to escape her eternal binds to him. That aside, the writing is nothing outstanding and there is no plot (and what little plot does exist feels forced). The pacing is fast, very fast. The explanation of the King, his brothers, and their entire existence/purpose/boundaries of their powers is very underdeveloped. Also, it ends on a cliffhanger, which is neither here nor there. I wish there was such a song because I’d listen to it every day. If I ever find it, I will let the world know.Staying true to the character arcs I chose for Ada and Enosh. It’s not easy to make a reader fall in love with a villain without redeeming him. As for Ada, she will have a character arc in book 2, Queen of Rot and Pain, that is seldomly done in fiction, and certainly not in romance. Writing that took lots of chocolate and pacing my office.
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