Dark Fae Extinction Box Set by Quinn Blackbird

~ Dark Fae Extinction (Coralie's story) boxsets: Dark Fae Extinction Box Set & Dark Fae: Extinction Box Set 2: The MMC never cheats on the heroine, there's no ow drama. He had a son by her and the heroine develops a bond with him (he's young). Safety: The MMC previously had a wife, but she died. Surprisingly no noncon, dubcon in the lightest sense of the word. Trigger warnings: Graphic violence from the MMC to FMC, including him striking her face (I know that's a trigger for some). “Are you even capable of love? Or compassion, or anything that isn’t from the darkest pits of your kind?” “When a fae loves,” he said carefully, reading her with a flickering expression, “it is so rare that it is eternal. Those wanting the fae to be truly otherworldly, lacking human emotions like compassion & mercy. I would recommend to those looking for a cruel hero & those who don't need a white picket fence hea. Yet I ended the book thinking that the heroine learned (the hard way) and is now playing the long game with her husband. Overall I was impressed with the author's writing style - she used similar tactics to Marilyn Harris in the sense that no character was ever safe, and every threat ended up being a promise, or something worse occurred in its place. When I say classic fairytale, I mean the ones full of cruel punishments and savage brutality. However, this has a classic fairytale feel and the brevity fits the fairytale style. I consider this a novella, and at times I wish the author had further developed some aspects of the story.

In fact, I'm taking this off my 'fantasy romance' shelf because I don't consider this a romance, and this book doesn't end with a hea - a truce is a better word for the ending. In this book the fae consider humans not just a lower species, but toys for their sadistic games.

This author has been recommended to me by several people over the years, with promises that she writes cruel heroes.

Dark Fae Extinction Box Set by Quinn Blackbird