A Deal with the Shadow King: A Dark Fantasy Romance (Curse of the Fae)

Name: A Deal with the Shadow King: A Dark Fantasy Romance (Curse of the Fae)
Author: Anya J. Cosgrove

Anya J. Cosgrove

Book 1 in the Curse of the Fae series · Reading order →

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Why we recommend it

A dark fantasy romance where a bargain with a shadow king comes with consequences neither side anticipated. Atmospheric, morally shaded, and unafraid of its own danger.

At a glance

A Deal with the Shadow King is book 1 in Anya J. Cosgrove’s Curse of the Fae series. It rates 3/5 for spice and 4/5 for darkness, mid-range for dark romantasy: of the 648 dark romantasy books we rate, 34% score lower for darkness and 8% lower for spice. Tropes: slow burn, forbidden romance and morally grey MC. Of the 4 Anya J. Cosgrove books we rate, it is the darkest. It runs to 356 pages. We have not tagged its content warnings yet, so check the author’s notes before you start.

Tropes

Forbidden Romance Morally Grey MC Slow Burn

Book details

Pages: 356
Published: May 2024

A Deal with the Shadow King spice level

A Deal with the Shadow King is rated 3/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: open door, meaning explicit scenes written plainly, but not the engine of the book. Its darkness rating is 4/5: heavy, meaning sustained cruelty, trauma or non-consent central to the relationship. How we rate