The Kraken's Sacrifice
Ratings18
Average rating3.2
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Ratings18
Average rating3.2
Catalina only made her deal with the demon because she had nowhere else to go. The world has kicked her every chance it got, so she's all too happy to leave the realm she knows behind. What's the worst that could happen? She doesn't anticipate being auctioned away to a kraken. Thane is cold and distant...but he's not unkind. Isolated as they are, Catalina finds herself seeking his company again and again. And when she finally agrees to uphold her portion of the bargain? That's when things get really interesting. But she only gave the demon seven years, and when the time is up, she'll have no choice but to leave behind the kraken who's stolen her heart and return to the world that doesn't want her. Author's Note: For all tropes, tags, and CWs, please check the author's website.
Series
5 primary booksA Deal With a Demon is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2022 with contributions by Katee Robert. The next book is scheduled for release on 2/17/2025.
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This was way too heavy emotionally to be good. This is not what I want from my monster smut. There was too much grief and trauma and not enough smut to balance it out. The Dragon's Bride was way, way better. At least it didn't take long to read.
2,5 stars (compared to the first one)
I've read this book in one sit (and it's short as well).
I have a confession to make: this is maybe my nº00 recent guilty pleasure: monsters romance. This is really something just to make myself as far away from reality as possible.
But, despite my super into love-monsters-relationships-phase, this book was lacking. The themes approached by the author still slide to the heavy side of all human issues (such as parent neglect, death of a loved one, self-harm, abortion, personal traumas, and the list continues), it wasn't as well treated as it was in the first book. That sense of “things will work quite well” that lasted after I finished Sol and Brier's book, didn't linger in this one. It felt like they were both running away from their problems, but instead of being alone and lonely, they would be together. They aren't wrong, in a way, but something was missing.
Also, the first sex scene was a bit out of nowhere, as if she needed to insert that kind of explicit moment asap, otherwise, she would lose her audience (and I'm sure it was already engaging enough to stand a feel more pages until the “main scene” on the island).
As a hentai tentacle thingy, it serves well.
Those covers are STUNNING, you have to agree with me (the one with Ramanu hits quite in the right way. They are another character that changed from oil to water from one book to another that I'm not quite sure yet if I'm used to this new version).
