Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy
Mooncursed (Deluxe Edition): A Steamy Forced Marriage Romantasy (The Drowned King, 1)
Book 1 in the The Drowned King series · Reading order →
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Why we recommend it
A steamy forced-marriage romance where being mooncursed complicates every vow two guarded souls have to keep. Intense, atmospheric, and unapologetically transgressive.
At a glance
Mooncursed is a dark romantasy by Holly Renee. With 4/5 for spice and 3/5 for darkness it sits on the lighter side for dark romantasy (of the 648 dark romantasy books on Readark, almost none rate lower for darkness and 58% lower for spice). Its tropes include forced marriage, slow burn and possessive-obsessive MC. It runs to 320 pages. We have not tagged its content warnings yet, so check the author’s notes before you start.
Book details
- Pages
- 320
- Published
- November 2026
Mooncursed spice level
Mooncursed is rated 4/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: explicit and frequent, meaning multiple detailed scenes, with heat central to the story. Its darkness rating is 3/5: genuinely dark, meaning violence, coercion or captivity drive the plot, not just the mood. How we rate
Mooncursed content warnings
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