Dark Paranormal (Vampire / Demon / Monster)
The King
Book 12 in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series · Reading order →
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Why we recommend it
The Black Dagger Brotherhood's king — Ward writes the vampire paranormal at the scale of institutional power and personal cost. The king in the BDB world carries the weight of his people and the complications of a love that the Brotherhood's rules were designed to prevent. Epic, dark, and emotionally overwhelming in the way the series promises.
At a glance
The King is book 12 in J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood series. With 4/5 for spice and 4/5 for darkness it sits mid-range for dark paranormal romance (of the 852 dark paranormal romance books on Readark, 50% rate lower for darkness and 45% lower for spice). Its tropes include dark protector and alpha hero. It is about as dark as J.R. Ward’s other books on Readark (average darkness 4.0/5). It runs to 573 pages. We have not tagged its content warnings yet, so check the author’s notes before you start.
Tropes
Alpha HeroDark ProtectorBook details
- Pages
- 573
- Published
- January 2014
The King spice level
The King 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 4/5: heavy, meaning sustained cruelty, trauma or non-consent central to the relationship. How we rate
The King content warnings
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