Crown Me Yours: A Dark Fantasy Romance (Heartstring Duet Book 2)
Liv Zander brings her Heartstring Duet to a close with Crown Me Yours, and it's the kind of conclusion that lingers in your chest long after you've turned the last page. This is a story about love, grief, and the desperate, almost unhinged lengths one woman will go to in order to break a curse. The catch? She needs Death himself to cooperate. He, naturally, is not cooperating. The premise is deliciously crooked. Our protagonist must wed, bed, and ultimately destroy a god who would sooner rip himself to pieces than let her near enough to finish what she started. What follows is a battle of wills that's equal parts maddening and magnetic. Short, sharp verses open the novel with the kind of punch that tells you immediately this isn't a soft read. Zander weaves deception upon deception throughout the plot, pairing it with a thoroughly charming liar of a leading man and a heroine who is, let's be clear, not here to be saved. The author has coined her own ending acronym (HUDDTPMYL, or Happily Until Death Does Them Part Many Years Later), which gives you a fair sense of the wit tucked inside this otherwise brooding story. This book contains violence, dark themes, and content that some readers may find unsettling. Full content details are available on the author's website. A word of warning: there's no traditional hero to be found here. Zander makes a convincing case that villains are simply more interesting company.
- Author: Liv Zander
- Publisher: Ink Heart Publishing
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 978-1955871167
- Pages: 244 pages