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- Content warnings: Death of a parent, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Animal abuse, Injury detail, Body horror, Physical abuse, War
To Break a Demon Curse
by Madeleine Eliot
Book 2 in King and Coven
Come for the Demon King grovel, stay for Elara refusing to be charmed out of a perfectly justified grudge. The steam is on-page, the court politics matter, and book three is clearly waiting with receipts.
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Length311 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 5 books
Spice3/5 · Passionate / intense
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
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- The swoon
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- Demon lord
- Fated mates
- Explicit but vanilla
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Forbidden love
- Possessive / claiming
- The grovel delivered
- Secretly soft
- Protective love interest
- Tension / anticipation
- Book hangover
- Banter
- Tension
- Push and pull
- Possessive/protective
- Dirty talk (sweet/playful)
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Demons
- Underworld / death realm
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
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- Forced proximity
- Fake engagement
Reading experience
- First person
- Adventurous
- Warm
- Moderate
- Witch/mage
- Dark
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- Banter-heavy
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Emotional
- Reluctant chosen one
- Tense
- Seductive
- Magical
- Swoony
- Yearning
- Hades and Persephone retelling
- Bargain with consequences
- Forbidden desire
- Series binge material
- Addictive pacing
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Book details
- Length
- 311 pages
- Publisher
- Self-Published
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book