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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Drug use, Substance abuse, Anxiety, Panic attacks, Depression, Suicide, Trauma, Death, Sexual content
City of Lies and Legends
by Kayla Edwards
Book 3 in House of Devils
Book three turns the entire series sideways. The found family lands, the romance pays off the slow burn from book one, and the final hundred pages will gut you.
goodreads 4.41/5 18,462 ratings
storykind_community 4/5 1 rating
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Length890 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice5/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Grumpy sunshine
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Addictive read
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Protective love interest
- Possessive / claiming
- The angst delivered
- Vampire lord
- Found family
- Frequent explicit scenes
- Found family feels
- Anti-hero
- Hurt/comfort
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Book hangover incoming
- Obsessive love interest
- Marking hickeys
- Obsessed
- Praise kink
- Wall pinning
- Possessive
- Marking
- Claiming
Fantasy promise
- Urban fantasy romance
- Vampire romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Urban fantasy
- Vampires
- Forbidden love
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- Underground / underworld
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Humans only
- Paranormal
- Shifters
- Rescue romance
- Dark romance
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Immersive
- Heavy
- Soft/gentle
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- MC 20-30
- Gritty
- Survivor
- Intense
- Fast-paced
- Angsty
- Damaged survivor
- Atmospheric
- Brooding
- Character-driven
- Tense
- Court of shadows
- Forbidden desire
- Thieves guild
- Underground rebellion
- Morally complex
- Betrayal and forgiveness
- Addictive pacing
- Binge read
- No one is safe
- The long game
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Book details
- Length
- 890 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book