With Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Splintered Harmony on the horizon, we know readers everywhere are hungry for a fix of romantasy that can keep them satiated until that long-awaited October 27th release date. Well, there’s no need to look any further, because this fast-paced werewolf duology perfectly blends enemies-to-lovers, intense political drama, and love triangles with action and twists at every turn.
If you loved MTV’s Teen Wolf, the CW’s The Vampire Diaries, or Holly Black’s The Cruel Prince, you’ll get hooked on Bitten and Devoured by Jordan Stephanie Gray!
Bitten
Perfect for fans of Twilight and Powerless, this fast-paced romantic debut follows Vanessa Hart who, after a vicious werewolf attack on the night of seventeenth birthday, must reconcile with the loss of her father, her best friend, and her home. Bitten and imprisoned without an explanation, Vanessa endures an agonizing transformation into the very beast that maimed her, and her captors make it clear there is no escape. She must swear her life to the Wolf Queen’s Court or risk death. With no other choice, Vanessa joins the enchanted Castle Sevri, where flowering vines grow through the walls, gifts are bestowed by the stars, and where a claw can break through skin as easily as it can break through silk, but Vanessa hasn’t forgotten what the Court has stolen from her.
Vanessa is still seeking vengeance, scheming in the shadows of the Court, even as she finds herself mesmerized by the golden prince Sinclair Severi, who threatens to steal her heart even though he is promised to her nemesis, and by his brooding and disgraced cousin, Calix, whose smoldering gaze hides even darker secrets. Immersed in the magic of their whimsical yet cruel society, Vanessa soon learns not everything is as it seems. The Court is at war, and she may simply be a pawn in this lethal game.
Devoured: A Bitten Novel
In the second installment of the series, Vanessa Hart is done with being a victim. After a brutal winter massacre stole everything from her, she vows to get vengeance against her enemies once and for all, even if that means killing the boy she once loved. Vanessa bides her time playing the role of a docile victim, but beneath the exterior, she sharpens her powers, embracing the werewolf buried deep inside while weaving a complicated web of lies, betrayals, and alliances to topple the throne.
Unfortunately, vengeance doesn’t come by easily, and nothing in the Wolf Queen’s Court is ever as it seems. As the darkness of the castle starts to bleed into human society, it’s clear that no one is safe. Cora’s vicious reign grows stronger by the day, Sinclair continues hiding deadly secrets, and Calix, the boy Vanessa might hate most of all, is threatening every plan. With nowhere to run and no place to hide, Vanessa sheds the last of her humanity to play this lethal game of werewolves, but the results may be deadly. If she doesn’t win, the consequences may destroy her life—and the entire world as she knows it—forever.
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