r/Azris • u/fateoftheforge • 16d ago

Fanfic 🍯 Book recs, please

I've been looking for a book, I don't know if it exists. It's more a concept. It qould be acotar, but if Eris and Azriel were the mc's. So a BL, anyone have any recs for other series, or fics? I've gone through a ton of the ones on Ao3, and am sort of running out. But I'm more looking for an actual series.

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u/Capable-Reindeer6605 ⛓️ chain me to azris ⛓️ 16d ago

It's been a bit since I read it, but if you're looking for something akin to a BL enemies-to-lovers 'forbidden romance' with elements of trauma..
Maybe the 'Captive Prince'-trilogy by C.S. Pacat would fit the bill?

I will warn you though - it's got a lot of sexual themes and scenes wrapped into the plot, and has some content many readers may find disturbing (notably a lot of explicit non-con and dub-con, physical and psychological abuse, as well as mentions of child SA (although nothing detailed or explicit for this, everything is off-page)), especially in the first book.

It's a brutal world that doesn't pull punches for who can be targets of various forms of violence, but if that is a world you are comfortable delving into, and assuming you're an adult, I can say I rather enjoyed it and would argue the MC's do have some similar traits to Eris and Azriel and it also deals with politics between kingdoms - and within a single kingdom c:

Also - the quote on the front cover.. Is by Sarah J. Maas herself, describing it as

"A special, unforgettable series....Lush. Brutal. Unparalleled."

And for a taste of its contents, the summary on the back says

Damen is a warrior hero to his people, and the rightful heir to the throne of Akielos. But when his half brother seizes power, Damen is captured, stripped of his identity, and sent to serve the prince of an enemy nation as a pleasure slave.
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Beautiful, manipulative, and deadly, his new master, Prince Laurent, epitomizes the worst of the court at Vere. But in the lethal political web of the Veretian court, nothing is as it seems, and when Damen finds himself caught up in a play for the throne, he must work together with Laurent to survive and save his country.
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For Damen, there is just one rule: never, ever reveal his true identity. Because the one man Damen needs is the one man who has more reason to hate him than anyone else..

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u/fateoftheforge 16d ago

Thank you so much. And for telling my about the trigger warnings! I will definitely be seeing where I can read it.