Synopsis: She’s trapped in a magical prison. To break out, she’ll make a deal with the most dangerous prisoner of them all.
Sentenced for a crime she didn’t commit, Samara is bullied by guards and tormented by the screams of her fellow prisoners. She’s resigned herself to enduring her fifteen-year term… until she learns that the freedom she's been promised is the cruelest lie of all.
Now she's faced with a choice: resign herself to dying in the cold walls of Castle Greymere, or do the unthinkable and escape. But no one leaves Greymere alive. So to break out of the prison? She’ll have to use one of the undead.
Raphael is the worst kind of a vampire with a thirst for blood, the mortal enemy of witches, the same breed that killed her mother. And most importantly, he’s unspeakably powerful, his supernatural strength tamed only by the enchanted cuffs forced on him.
He’s her only chance at a life outside the prison walls.
The deal is Samara unlocks his shackles, and he'll help her escape. But although Raphael agreed to help her leave Greymere, he never promised to let her go…
A Bargain So Bloody is the first book in an exciting new romantasy series, perfect for readers who love slow burn romance with morally grey heroes who fall first and hard and heroines who find their own strength.
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My Review:
I really wanted to love this one, especially with vampires, witches, a magical prison, and a morally gray hero, but unfortunately it didn’t work for me. My biggest question throughout the book was: where did the romance go? I went into this expecting a slow-burn romance, but the romantic connection felt largely missing, which made it difficult for me to buy into the relationship.
And just because a book features vampires and other dark creatures doesn’t automatically make it a dark romance. For me, the darkness needs to extend into the romance itself, and when the romance is barely there, calling it dark romance feels misleading. The premise had plenty of potential, but ultimately this one wasn’t the romantasy or romance I was hoping for.
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