Three broken Regents, one hunted girl, and a secret powerful enough to start a war 🩸🖤
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4/5)
Spice-meter: 🌶️🌶️🌶️☆☆☆ (3/5)
Audiobook: 🎧 Duet-style
Series: Regents of Covenant House, Book 3
HEA: No, cliffhanger ending
Covenant of Corruption takes a sharp turn from spice-driven tension into full emotional warfare. This third installment leans harder into trauma, secrets, and rising political danger within the Trivium, and it absolutely works. The story becomes darker, heavier, and far more addictive, proving that at this point in the series, the plot no longer needs spice to do the heavy lifting. The tension, the fear, and the emotional fallout carry the book with brutal efficiency.
This installment is a full emotional rollercoaster. Healing, corruption, loyalty, and betrayal all collide while unseen enemies close in. It deepens the world, sharpens the stakes, and once again ends in classic Aisling Elizabeth fashion: leaving you emotionally wrecked and desperately reaching for the next book.
The Story
Pulled back from the brink, the heroine finds herself healing in the arms of the three Regents who once stood as both her tormentors and her anchors. But safety is an illusion. As whispers of war ripple through the Trivium, new enemies rise, secrets surface, and her very existence becomes a liability.
Someone wants her erased. Someone knows what she truly is. And the truth has the power to shatter alliances, ignite conflict, and destroy everything she has begun to rebuild. As trust fractures and danger tightens its grip, survival becomes more than a physical fight. It becomes a battle for identity, autonomy, and the right to exist.
What I Loved
✔️ Addictive, plot-driven pacing that keeps escalating
✔️ Trauma healing woven into dark romance themes
✔️ High emotional stakes and constant underlying danger
✔️ Deepening world-building and political tension
✔️ A story that no longer relies on spice to stay compelling
🎧 Narration
Performed in duet by Lucy Rivers and Matthew Sharpe, this audiobook is nothing short of phenomenal. Lucy Rivers absolutely dominates her role, delivering every ounce of pain, strength, and vulnerability with such intensity that the story feels cinematic. Matthew Sharpe matches her emotional depth beautifully, giving the male voices weight, conviction, and raw authenticity. Their performances elevate every scene and make the emotional blows land even harder.
Tropes & Vibes
✔️ Dark Academy
✔️ Enemies to Lovers
✔️ Bully Romance
✔️ Secret Society
✔️ Morally Gray MMCs
✔️ Trauma Healing
✔️ Political Intrigue
✔️ Cliffhanger Ending
Final Thoughts
Covenant of Corruption is darker, heavier, and more emotionally consuming than its predecessors. It trades frequent spice for escalating danger, layered secrets, and a tightening noose of political tension, and the result is incredibly effective. This book cements the series as deeply addictive, brutally emotional, and impossible to put down. Just be warned: the cliffhanger is ruthless. And yes, you will immediately need book four.