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Kinship and Kindness by Kara Jorgensen

Bennett Reynard needs one thing: to speak to the Rougarou about starting a union for shifters in New York City before the delegation arrives. When his dirigible finally lands in Louisiana, he finds the Rougarou is gone and in his stead is his handsome son, Theo, who seems to care for everyone but himself. Hoping he can still petition the Rougarou, Bennett stays only to find he is growing dangerously close to Theo Bisclavret. Theo Bisclavret thought he had finally come to terms with never being able to take his father’s place as the Rougarou, but with his father stuck in England and a delegation of werewolves arriving in town, Theo’s quiet life is thrown into chaos as he and his sister take over his duties. Assuming his father’s place has salted old wounds, but when a stranger arrives offering to help, Theo knows he can’t say no, even if Mr. Reynard makes him long for things he had sworn off years ago. As rivals arrive to challenge Theo for power and destroy the life Bennett has built, ...

Misrule by Heather Walter (Malice Duology #2)

The Dark Grace is dead.

Feared and despised for the sinister power in her veins, Alyce wreaks her revenge on the kingdom that made her an outcast. Once a realm of decadence and beauty, Briar is now wholly Alyce’s wicked domain. And no one will escape the consequences of her wrath. Not even the one person who holds her heart.

Princess Aurora saw through Alyce’s thorny facade, earning a love that promised the dawn of a new age. But it is a love that came with a heavy price: Aurora now sleeps under a curse that even Alyce’s vast power cannot seem to break. And the dream of the world they would have built together is nothing but ash.

Alyce vows to do anything to wake the woman she loves, even if it means turning into the monster Briar believes her to be. But could Aurora love the villain Alyce has become?

Or is true love only for fairy tales?

TITLE: Misrule
AUTHOR: Heather Walter with Ann Marie Gideon (Narrator)
PUBLISHER: Random House Audio
YEAR: 2022
LENGTH: 480 pages (12 hours 40 minutes)
AGE: Adult
GENRE: Fantasy, Romance
RECOMMENDED: N/A

Queer Rep Summary: Lesbian/Sapphic Main Character(s).

DNF 5 hours 22 minutes in (40%).

The first one wasn't really my thing, and I think I don't like "will they get back together" plots where their original romance was brief and one person truly became awful in the meantime. I didn't finish THE HOLLOW HEART by Marie Rutkoski (book two of the Forgotten Gods duology) for basically the exact same reason.

Graphic/Explicit CW for self harm, death.

Moderate CW for grief, emotional abuse, physical abuse, kidnapping, confinement, alcohol, fire/fire injury, vomit, gore, blood, violence, torture, war, slavery.

Minor CW for pregnancy, child death, parental death. 

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