Loved In the Wake of the Ruined for sea-dark magic, rival crowns, and ruinous yearning? The Ever King by unleashes a vengeful sea king on the princess who can undo him.
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- Rival sea kingdoms tangled in old blood debts and dangerous magic
- A scarred, morally gray king falling for his enemy's daughter
- Pirates, sirens, fae, and a romance sharpened by royal duty
- Slow-burn tension in a dark world where monsters may be worth loving
If In the Wake of the Ruined swept you into a salt-dark world where crowns are burdens, monsters wear beautiful faces, and love can endanger an entire realm, The Ever King sails straight into the same storm. Erik, the scarred ruler of a kingdom trapped beneath the waves, has spent years plotting revenge. When Livia, the daughter of his enemy, accidentally breaks the barrier imprisoning his people, he takes her aboard his ship as leverage—and discovers that her strange magic may matter even more than her royal blood.
L.J. Andrews trades Imogen and Theodore's fight against a corrupted god for a captor-and-captive collision between sea fae and earth fae, but keeps the dark romantic pressure deliciously high. Expect pirate decks, sirens, rival realms, treacherous loyalties, and a king whose vicious reputation conceals an aching devotion to his people. Most of all, expect two supposed enemies learning that the line between ruin and rescue is perilously thin.
Come for the vengeful sea king; stay for the princess who makes ruin feel like salvation.
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The Ever King is a similar next read for fans of In the Wake of the Ruined by Kalie Cassidy because it shares sea kingdoms, rival crowns, sirens and fae, and morally gray king while moving through fantasy romance and dark fantasy.
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"The writing is absolutely beautiful.. dark, seductive, and emotionally charged at every turn." — Hades (Disney's version)
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"I was living for the banter and the tension between the main characters." — Mercedes
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"The nicknames, the slow burn, the creative magic system and immersive world building?? PLEASE." — Erica
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