The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes) by Tiffany Hunt
The Dark Lord’s Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes) by Tiffany Hunt
I decided to pick up this book due to the very fun title and the synopsis. Overall, I felt the book lived up to the expectation of a somewhat silly and dark enemies to lovers romance with a forced marriage trope which I am always a fan of.
I enjoyed the two characters’ personalities and the banter between them. They don’t try to change each other, but rather support each other in growing in their magic and getting rid of the corrupt kingdoms.
The chapter titles were also really fun and entertaining to add to the atmosphere of the plot. For example “Glower, Growl, Repeat (Toxic Romance 101)” or “Meet Your Villain’s Quirky Staff (Before they Collect More Bodily Samples)”.
I was a bit confused at times by some of the world building and magic system, especially towards the end when everything comes to a head. However, I still enjoyed these characters and would be interested in the second book and seeing how everything else unfolds.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC.
Synopsis: Step One: Kidnap someone cute.
Step Two: Force her into marriage.
Step Three: Try not to get feelings.
When Dark Lord Kazimir Blackrose kidnaps Lady Arabella for a forced marriage, he expects an obedient, trembling bride. What he gets is a knife to the throat and a furious woman with her own terms. He may need her heroic bloodline to achieve ultimate dominion, but she's not about to make this easy for him.
Arabella has already survived her father's tower prison and a lifetime of being treated like property. Being abducted by the realm's most notorious villain is just another Tuesday. If she must be married to the infuriating (and infuriatingly attractive) Dark Lord, she'll do it on her terms: freedom within his fortress, hands strictly to himself, and complete honesty about his plans.
But when his plans go awry, Kazimir faces his most terrifying challenge yet. He must actually date his own wife. Between magical training sessions, playing golf with the eyeballs of his enemies, and aphrodisiac dinners gone spectacularly wrong, his villainous seduction plans are failing at every turn.
As they navigate magical explosions and jealous exes, they discover a far more terrifying prospect than war or magical catastrophe:
They might actually be falling for each other.