Dark Paranormal (Vampire / Demon / Monster)

Ironling: A Fantasy Monster Romance (Monstrous World)

Name: Ironling: A Fantasy Monster Romance (Monstrous World)
Author: S.E. Wendel

Amazon Bestseller · #62 in Medieval Historical Romance

S.E. Wendel

Book 2 in the Monstrous World series · Reading order →

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Why we recommend it

A monstrous-world fantasy romance where an ironclad guardian's devotion is as unbreakable as his exterior. Slow-burn tension meets primal protectiveness.

At a glance

Ironling is book 2 in S.E. Wendel’s Monstrous World series; to read in order, start with Halfling. With 3/5 for spice and 3/5 for darkness it sits mid-range for dark paranormal romance (of the 852 dark paranormal romance books on Readark, 19% rate lower for darkness and 10% lower for spice). Its tropes include dark protector, slow burn and forbidden romance. It is about as dark as S.E. Wendel’s other books on Readark (average darkness 2.8/5). It runs to 457 pages. We have not tagged its content warnings yet, so check the author’s notes before you start.

Tropes

Dark Protector Forbidden Romance Slow Burn

Book details

Pages: 457
Published: August 2024

Ironling spice level

Ironling 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 3/5: genuinely dark, meaning violence, coercion or captivity drive the plot, not just the mood. How we rate