This Monster of Mine (This Monster of Mine #1)
Shalini Abeysekara
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
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· 26 ratings · 416 pages · Published: 01 Apr 2025
Eighteen-year-old Sarai doesn’t know why someone tried to kill her four years ago, but she does know that her case was closed without justice. Hellbent on vengeance, she returns to the scene of the crime as a Petitor, a prosecutor who can magically detect lies, and is assigned to work with Tetrarch Kadra. Ice-cold and perennially sadistic, Kadra is the most vicious of the four judges who rule the land—and the prime suspect in a string of deaths identical to Sarai’s attempted murder.
Certain of his guilt, Sarai begins a double life: solving cases with Kadra by day and plotting his ruin by night. But Kadra is charming and there’s something alluring about the wrath he wields against the city’s corruption. So when the evidence she finds embroils her in a deadly political battle, Sarai must also fight against her attraction to Kadra—because despite his growing hold on her heart, his voice matches the only memory she has of her assailant…
A dazzling Ancient Rome-inspired romantasy debut, This Monster of Mine is a bloodbath of manipulation, deception, and forbidden love.
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Tagged as:
- mystery 5
- magic 5
- m-f romance 5
- disabilities & scars 5
- dark romance 4
- survival 4
- ancient times 3
- hurt/comfort 3
- slow burn 3
- competent heroine 3
- tortured heroine 3
- politician hero 3
- high fantasy 3
- political/court intrigue 3
- vengeance 3
- fantasy 2
- horror 2
- found family 2
- height difference 2
- good grovel 2
- take-charge heroine 2
- poor heroine 2
- plain heroine 2
- working class heroine 2
- bad boys 2
- grumpy/cold hero 2
- Add topics
- content warnings
- graphic violence 5
- torture of side characters 4
- past abuse 4
- torture of mcs 3
- third party abuse 3
- death / grief 3
- mental trauma 2
- past child abuse 2
- alcoholism 2
- substance abuse 2
- Format
- Audiobook
- first person pov 1
romance tags
The 'This Monster of Mine' series
4.18 · 26 ratings
hurt-comfort · poor heroine · survival · found-family · audiobook · m-f · political-intrigue · strong heroine · slow burn · competent heroine · working class heroine · torture-scs · vengeance · high fantasy · substance abuse · height-difference · disabilities and marks · past-child-abuse · death · ancient times
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