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- Content warnings: Abuse, Domestic violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Dubious consent, Violence, Graphic violence, Torture, Captivity, Murder, Parental death, Kidnapping, Blood, Trauma, Misogyny, Sexual content
Souls in Ruin
by Jacqueline White
Book 1 in The Soulbound Series
A debut dark romantasy with godlike men, a princess who refuses to break, and enough possessive tension to make your hair stand up - if you like Raven Kennedy and Jennifer L. Armentrout, this is your next obsession.
goodreads 4.19/5 6,886 ratings
storykind_community 3.38/5 4 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length635 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Open door, explicit scenes. Intense and possessive - the intimacy reflects the power imbalance and emotional chaos of the story. Spice builds slowly but hits hard when it arrives.
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Open door, explicit scenes. Intense and possessive - the intimacy reflects the power imbalance and emotional chaos of the story. Spice builds slowly but hits hard when it arrives.
- The angst delivered
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Forbidden love
- Tension
- Book hangover
- Morally gray
- Power imbalance
- Anticipation
- Feral brain activated
- Possessive alpha
- Push and pull
- Wall pinning
- Obsessed
- God/deity
- Possessive love interest
- Eye contact intensity
- Captor/captive
- Mine declarations
- Feral devotion
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Touch starvation
- Possessive
- Power exchange
- Dominance
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Primal play (hunting/chasing)
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Captive romance
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Gods/deities
- Arranged marriage
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- Prison / captivity
- Forced proximity
- Dark romance
- Touch her and die
- Immortal/mortal romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Dark
- Devastating
- Survivor
- Intense
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- Atmospheric
- Royalty
- Immersive
- General badass
- Brooding
- Emotional
- Angsty
- Raw
- Romantic
- Dramatic
- Tense
- Poetic
- Revenge arc
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 635 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book