Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

“It’s all right. It’s in the past.” Milan shook his head against Raphael’s chest. “The past can still hurt. It’s all right to still hurt,” Milan whispered.

I adored this book and the world the author created. It felt totally different to anything else I’ve read. It’s an omegaverse story but not tons of focus on the alpha/omega designations. We got steampunk, lords and manors, horses, fancy balls with even fancier clothes, etc. It really felt like I was transported someplace else, and the alternate universe was built so well.

“Why are you doing this to me?” Milan whispered.

The romance story itself was very rough and mega sad in the beginning, and I genuinely loved it. It made me cry lots (yay). It heavily touches on themes of (unintentionally) hurting others when you’re hurting too, and the process of forgiveness and understanding. I thought it was super well done.

I finished it super quickly and enjoyed every single page. Highly recommend.

Even then he had known the horror of being diminished. Of being made to die from the inside out. There could be much more to dying than death.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & content tags ⚠️
Mental illness rep
Arranged marriage
Steampunk
Alternate universe
Omegaverse
Alpha/omega
Abuse
Tearjerker
Size difference
Age gap
Mpreg universe (no pregnancy)
Virgin MC
Scenting, knotting, bonding

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Alcohol consumption
Explicit sexual content
Neglect (between MCs)
Unintentional abuse/physical harm (by MC)
Slick
Mention of MC being cheated on by ex (past)
Intimidation and implied threat of violence (between MCs - no physical abuse occurs)
Severely ill MC
Medical emergency - MC near death
Mentions of past love-bombing of MC (by ex)
Mentions of past manipulation of MC (by ex)
Vague mentions of MC being emotionally, physically and sexually abused (past, by ex)
MC threatened with knife
PTSD symptoms
Death of parent (past)
Mpreg universe (no pregnancy)

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: An ex tries to make problems, but there’s no romantic interest
Breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, single
Genre: Omegaverse romance
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: 22 and 31
Series: Interconnected standalone
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 221
Happy ending: Yes


All he knew was the cold ball of his body as he curled in on himself, shivering in the shadow that had been cast over his future.

“It has become quite clear to me that it is not love, or friendship, or even companionship that you sought in this marriage. I hope you can forgive me for hoping otherwise in the beginning. I assure you, I have been thoroughly disabused of those notions.”

It was an otherworldly horror, to see someone who was making him suffer so completely handle the bud of a plant with such care.



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