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- Content warnings: Graphic violence, Death, Death of loved one, Attempted sexual assault, Abuse, Parental abuse, Infidelity, Infertility, Trauma, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Misogyny, Blood, War, Torture, Sexism, Sexual content
A Shade of Chrome and Malice
by K.L. DeVore
Book 2 in Celestials of Arcadia
Book one melted readers brains. Book two breaks them open. Chrome going full villain, Gray going to war, and a soul bond stretched to the snapping point.
goodreads 3.7/5 745 ratings
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Length476 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice5/5 · Intense / passionate
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Intense / passionate
- The angst delivered
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- Villain
- Obsessive love interest
- Rough / aggressive style
- Feral brain activated
- Anti-hero
- Possessive love interest
- Possessive / claiming style
- Obsessed
- Morally gray
- Feral devotion
- Dark / taboo style
- Book hangover incoming
- Dark/tortured soul
- Love/hate tension
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Addictive read
- Possessive alpha
- Betrayal to trust
- Desperate / urgent
- Cursed
- Found family
- Mine declarations
- Marking hickeys
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Wall pinning
- Possessive
- Marking
- Claiming
- Dominance
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Power exchange
- Primal play (hunting/chasing)
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Dark romance
- War front / rebellion
- High fantasy
- Other
- Soulmate/destined bond
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- Royal court / palace
- Post-apocalyptic
- Shadow beings / shadow fae
- Corruption arc
- Forest / wilderness
- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Demons
- Love triangle
- Who hurt you
- Fated mates
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Raw
- Heavy
- Queen / ruling monarch
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- Intense
- Damaged survivor
- Feral
- Punchy
- Fallen noble / disgraced heir
- Angsty
- Warrior/fighter
- Dangerous
- Fast-paced
- Gothic
- Emotional
- Tense
- Atmospheric
- Unhinged
- Forbidden desire
- Slow descent into darkness
- Bargain with consequences
- War-torn kingdom
- Emotional devastation
- Morally complex
- Cliffhanger warning
- Addictive pacing
- No one is safe
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Book details
- Length
- 476 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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