Eros and Psyche, reimagined: ordered to kill her, the city's deadliest assassin marries her to keep her alive instead.
- Score
- 76.3
- Spice
- 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Scorching
- POV
- dual
- Ending
- HEA / HFN
Tropes
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What readers think
Readers consistently praise the sizzling chemistry, the marriage-of-convenience execution, and Psyche's confident fat representation—seen as a rare positive portrayal that doesn't ignore real-world fatphobia. Eros's emotionally tortured hero arc and the final plot twist earn frequent commendation. The main criticism is repetition: Eros flagellating himself as a monster grows monotonous before the story shifts gear. Secondary complaints include thin worldbuilding, a plot that feels secondary to the romance, and bisexual representation that some find underdeveloped.
Read it if
- · Readers who want scorching spice wrapped in dark Greek mythology and political scheming
- · Fans of morally grey heroes who earn their redemption through genuine transformation
- · Anyone seeking fat-positive romance where the heroine's body is celebrated, not a plot obstacle
Skip it if
- · You need a plot-driven story — the romance dominates and the mythological worldbuilding is loose
- · Repetitive internal monologue from a self-loathing hero is a dealbreaker for you
- · You prefer closed-door or low-heat romance
If you liked this
- · For fans of A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair — same dark Olympus mythology, significantly spicier
- · Like Neon Gods (book 1) but with a marriage-of-convenience hook instead of a Hades-Persephone elopement
- · For readers who want Lore Olympus energy with explicit heat and darker stakes
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