Dark Paranormal (Vampire / Demon / Monster)

The Ruthless Fae King: A YA arranged marriage romantasy with enemies-to-lovers tension (The Kings of Avalier, 3)

Name: The Ruthless Fae King: A YA arranged marriage romantasy with enemies-to-lovers tension (The Kings of Avalier, 3)
Author: Leia Stone

Leia Stone

Book 3 in the The Kings of Avalier series · Reading order →

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Why we recommend it

A YA-flavored fae arranged-marriage romantasy where a ruthless king hides a devotion he refuses to name. Slow-burn tension meets forbidden fantasy stakes.

At a glance

The Ruthless Fae King is book 3 in Leia Stone’s The Kings of Avalier series; to read in order, start with The Last Dragon King. Spice 1/5, darkness 2/5 — on the lighter side for dark paranormal romance. Among 852 rated dark paranormal romance books, 7% are less dark and almost none less spicy. Tagged tropes include forced marriage, slow burn and forbidden romance. It is about as dark as Leia Stone’s other books on Readark (average darkness 2.3/5). It runs to 272 pages. We have not tagged its content warnings yet, so check the author’s notes before you start.

Tropes

Forbidden Romance Forced Marriage Slow Burn

Book details

Pages: 272
Published: March 2024

The Ruthless Fae King spice level

The Ruthless Fae King is rated 1/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: closed door, meaning attraction and tension, with sex off the page or implied. Its darkness rating is 2/5: morally grey, meaning the love interest does real harm and consequences are acknowledged. How we rate