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- Content warnings: Blood, Violence, Graphic violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of loved one, Sexual assault (referenced), Abuse, Trauma, Body horror, Sexual content
The Lies that Summon the Night
by Tessonja Odette
Book 1 in Songs for the Sinless
A dark romantasy where forbidden art is punishable by death, the tension between the artist heroine and the monster hunter who needs her burns slow and lands hard.
goodreads 4.26/5 1,687 ratings
storykind_community 4.33/5 3 ratings
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Length320 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Dark / taboo style
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Slow burn
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- High
- Dark / taboo style
- The angst delivered
- Dark/tortured soul
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- Mutual pining
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Forbidden love
- Possessive / claiming style
- Obsessed
- Monster
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Slow seduction
- Enemies to lovers
- Intense / passionate
- Fated mates
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Body worship
- Possessive/protective
- Longing glances
- Voice kink
- Playful banter
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Possessive
- Dominance
- Magic-infused intimacy
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Captive romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Vampires
- Forced proximity
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- Underground / underworld
- Shadow beings / shadow fae
- Forced alliance
- Circus / theatre / performance troupe
- Monsters
- Revenge romance
- Secret relationship
- Monster romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Performer
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- Seductive
- Atmospheric
- Outcast/loner
- Mysterious
- Immersive
- Artist/creative
- Intense
- Vengeful / revenge-driven
- Romantic
- Brooding
- Tense
- Steamy
- Revenge arc
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 320 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book