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The Bride Collector by Cari Silverwood

Series:
Kings of Sorrows and Dreams #1

Genre:
Reverse Harem, Paranormal, Dark, Romance, Smut, Erotica, Spicy Romance, Monsters, BookSirens, Why Choose, Adult, Contemporary, Humor, Supernatural, Magic

Publication Date:
March 14, 2023

Read Date:
May 7th, 2023

Date Finished:
May 7th, 2023

Rating:
5 out of 5

Blurb:

Someone—something—is hunting brides, and I need answers.

Centuries ago, monsters from our myths, fairytales, and nightmares invaded our world. To most they are invisible, but not to me.

From my elegant campervan headquarters, with my sidekick demon cat, Lump, I investigate paranormal problems.

In my search for the truth, I break into a bookshop owned by Harrow. He easily traps me, but Harrow is a Stitched soldier, given enhanced abilities for the sole purpose of killing the creatures not of our world.

Two monsters share possession of his scarred body. Drawn into their carnal maelstrom, I am taken and owned by all three.

A man caressing me, the lure of the incubus, the tentacles of a kraken – I have found a love I could never have imagined.

Yet our love may be shattered, for the hunt is still on.
The Bride Collector has another victim in his sights.
Me.

We four must destroy this immortal or die trying.

“Mysteries are solved, demons are banished, epic battles are fought and there’s still time for lots of k*nky, smutty, tentacle, incubus, and supernatural human s*x.” Janine, Goodreads reviewer.

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Viktoria – Will she finally get to use the Romance word in her diary, as well as the F word and the D word?

Harrow – He just wants her, any which way, even after he becomes two instead of three.

Ashcadel – When the incubus gets free of Harrow and takes full possession of a new, A-grade, man-bod, there is only one annoying female he wants to turn upside down and thoroughly explore – Viktoria.

Beez – he lurks inside Harrow, he waits, and he lends a few helping tentacles when the need for violence is great or the steam is off the chain.

Lump – is an arrogant supernatural feline and a creature of nightmare. But fear him not. All Lump wants is to purr in Viktoria’s lap, fetch what her heart desires, and watch the action when her three males get busy.

The Bride Collector is a standalone romance.
Nightmare Rising is Book 2 and the first part of the romance between Val and Zara.
The third book will neatly tie everything together, and bring back Harrow, Ash, Viktoria, and Beez as side characters, while Zara and Val get their Happily Ever After—okay, not so neatly since it's a slippery mess of tentacles, monsters, weirdness, and some mythological creatures that like doing despicably filthy things.

Review:

Holy....

...Moley that was hot!

Was there a plot to this story?

I can't remember. I was too busy being envious of Viktoria that I kind of don't really remember anything else. LOL

Viktoria is a paranormal investigator who has been a rather solitary life on the road with her cat, Lump. Now she is not really sure what Lump is because whenever she has wanted something, he has gone out and retrieved it for her. Oftentimes, it has blood on it for whatever reason. As a young child, she witnessed her mother's death. Since then, she had been able to see ghosts. When a job lands in her lap, Viktoria takes it and learns that soon-to-be brides are being targeted and killed. No one seems to know why either. So, Viktoria sets out to find something that would help her she comes across a bookstore called Harrows. Meeting the bookstore's owner, seeing things there, and also coming across a book no human being should see. Viktoria finds herself getting involved with the bookstore's owner and the two that managed to be stitched to him - an incubus and a Kraken. Although she has sworn off sex because she has nearly killed her lovers, Viktoria cannot help herself but harm her lovers. With a Bride Killer on the loose and Viktoria in his radar, she and Harrow have to find a way to stop him.

This is the first book by the author that I actually enjoyed that had the smut as front and center of the storyline. Of course, we do have a plot somewhere in there but I did not care. I was here for the smut and the monster romance that I have come to enjoy since my first taste of these romances. And reverse harem? GIMME! GIMME! GIMME!

I loved this book. I loved the world-building, the characters were amazing, especially Meg, Ach, and Beez, the mythology attached to many of the characters, and the idea that a body could be inhabited by anything like an angel, demon, or any other creature. This is actually the first that I have seen something like this so I am actually invested in the next book that is to come to this series.

By the way, Meg needs her own novel. I would love to see more of her. I know she was just a secondary character but I loved her. I felt sorry for her and I would love to see her have her own happily ever after.



*Disclaimer: Thank you to the author, publisher, and BookSirens for allowing me to read and review this book. The opinions of this review are mine and mine alone.