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Bonebound
She feeds me through glass… and now I’ll tear the world open for her.
I was built in a cage. Sculpted from bone, wired in gold, trained to sleep, obey, perform.
Then she touched the barrier — just once — and every shackle inside me cracked.
She thinks she saved me.
She doesn’t understand.
I chose her.
When she poisoned a castle to free my rage, I called it devotion.
When I bled their nobles on marble floors, I called it worship.
When she kissed me through liquid glass, I called it fate.
Now we run — and the world hunts bonded pairs like us.
Other monsters want her.
Other males stalk our trail.
And the one who made me a pet wants to finish his work.
I’ll break realms before I let them touch what’s mine.
They called me a beast.
Then she called me hers.
Read on for cage-breaking obsession, sacred monster heat, territorial war males, and a bone-forged beast who will unmake the world before he lets go of his mate. HEA Guaranteed!
I was built in a cage. Sculpted from bone, wired in gold, trained to sleep, obey, perform.
Then she touched the barrier — just once — and every shackle inside me cracked.
She thinks she saved me.
She doesn’t understand.
I chose her.
When she poisoned a castle to free my rage, I called it devotion.
When I bled their nobles on marble floors, I called it worship.
When she kissed me through liquid glass, I called it fate.
Now we run — and the world hunts bonded pairs like us.
Other monsters want her.
Other males stalk our trail.
And the one who made me a pet wants to finish his work.
I’ll break realms before I let them touch what’s mine.
They called me a beast.
Then she called me hers.
Read on for cage-breaking obsession, sacred monster heat, territorial war males, and a bone-forged beast who will unmake the world before he lets go of his mate. HEA Guaranteed!
190 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 31, 2025
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January 2, 2026
Dark and compelling.
SPOILERS
There were a few areas that I felt skipped ahead too fast. The character’s relationship seemed to develop into almost an insta-love, but then it’s like the author backtracked and wanted them to develop more naturally? It was a bit strange.
There were also a few small inconsistencies like Vicky saying she needed to get the monster food and then not doing it and then the monster saying that the drugged food would have killed the elves eventually when it was never said that it was poisoned.
I really enjoyed the world building of the story. There was a lot established in this first book that I’m hoping are lead-ins to the next parts of the series. Will we continue to follow Vicky or one of the other women? Are the reasons for destroying the bonded pairs really so shallow?
I also appreciated how the book didn’t shy away from dark and gritty descriptions. That being said, it does seem like the fmc got over her trauma pretty instantly. After weeks or months of torture and then a brutal ass*ult, she really was able to continue her relationship perfectly easy after a week?
I will continue the series, but I’m hoping for a bit more depth in the characters in the next one!
SPOILERS
There were a few areas that I felt skipped ahead too fast. The character’s relationship seemed to develop into almost an insta-love, but then it’s like the author backtracked and wanted them to develop more naturally? It was a bit strange.
There were also a few small inconsistencies like Vicky saying she needed to get the monster food and then not doing it and then the monster saying that the drugged food would have killed the elves eventually when it was never said that it was poisoned.
I really enjoyed the world building of the story. There was a lot established in this first book that I’m hoping are lead-ins to the next parts of the series. Will we continue to follow Vicky or one of the other women? Are the reasons for destroying the bonded pairs really so shallow?
I also appreciated how the book didn’t shy away from dark and gritty descriptions. That being said, it does seem like the fmc got over her trauma pretty instantly. After weeks or months of torture and then a brutal ass*ult, she really was able to continue her relationship perfectly easy after a week?
I will continue the series, but I’m hoping for a bit more depth in the characters in the next one!
December 31, 2025
Survival taught them how to endure. Love taught them how to fight.
In BoneBound, cruelty is not just a setting — it is the system.
Tuskon has never known freedom. For as long as he can remember, he has existed inside a magical containment vessel, displayed like a grotesque trophy for the Dark Elves’ obscene elite. Starved, trained, beaten, and isolated, he is paraded out as both spectacle and weapon — something to be feared, tormented, and used for entertainment by a society built on suffering.
Vicky is newly enslaved, freshly broken from the human world and dropped into this twisted hierarchy where even fellow captives become monsters in their desperation for scraps of control. When she is assigned to feed Tuskon, it isn’t mercy — it’s a test. If she can approach the terrifying creature without dying, her own existence will improve. Better food. Better clothes. And eventually, her body will be sold for pleasure to visitors.
But what happens instead is something the Dark Elves never planned for.
Between the monster and the girl, something fragile and dangerous grows — not lust, not fantasy, but recognition. Two souls crushed by a brutal system finding a reflection of their own pain in the other. Tuskon is not the savage they want him to be, and Vicky is not the obedient thing they are trying to mold.
Their bond is born in fear and hunger, but it evolves into protection, tenderness, and fierce, defiant love.
The story doesn’t soften its horrors. Slavery, abuse, and exploitation are depicted in unflinching detail, but never gratuitously. Instead, they sharpen the emotional impact of every quiet moment between Tuskon and Vicky. Every gentle touch, every shared breath feels like rebellion.
And rebellion is dangerous.
The Dark Elves don’t tolerate thriving. They don’t allow hope. And they will not let two broken things become something whole without blood being spilled.
BoneBound is not a light monster romance — it is a raw, painful, beautifully written story about trauma, survival, and choosing love in a world designed to crush it.
If you crave dark fantasy with emotional depth, brutal stakes, and a monster who is far more human than his captors, this one will haunt you.
In BoneBound, cruelty is not just a setting — it is the system.
Tuskon has never known freedom. For as long as he can remember, he has existed inside a magical containment vessel, displayed like a grotesque trophy for the Dark Elves’ obscene elite. Starved, trained, beaten, and isolated, he is paraded out as both spectacle and weapon — something to be feared, tormented, and used for entertainment by a society built on suffering.
Vicky is newly enslaved, freshly broken from the human world and dropped into this twisted hierarchy where even fellow captives become monsters in their desperation for scraps of control. When she is assigned to feed Tuskon, it isn’t mercy — it’s a test. If she can approach the terrifying creature without dying, her own existence will improve. Better food. Better clothes. And eventually, her body will be sold for pleasure to visitors.
But what happens instead is something the Dark Elves never planned for.
Between the monster and the girl, something fragile and dangerous grows — not lust, not fantasy, but recognition. Two souls crushed by a brutal system finding a reflection of their own pain in the other. Tuskon is not the savage they want him to be, and Vicky is not the obedient thing they are trying to mold.
Their bond is born in fear and hunger, but it evolves into protection, tenderness, and fierce, defiant love.
The story doesn’t soften its horrors. Slavery, abuse, and exploitation are depicted in unflinching detail, but never gratuitously. Instead, they sharpen the emotional impact of every quiet moment between Tuskon and Vicky. Every gentle touch, every shared breath feels like rebellion.
And rebellion is dangerous.
The Dark Elves don’t tolerate thriving. They don’t allow hope. And they will not let two broken things become something whole without blood being spilled.
BoneBound is not a light monster romance — it is a raw, painful, beautifully written story about trauma, survival, and choosing love in a world designed to crush it.
If you crave dark fantasy with emotional depth, brutal stakes, and a monster who is far more human than his captors, this one will haunt you.
December 31, 2025
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This book was not my typical read, although not the first Ive read and reviewed for Celeste.
I enjoy the complex worlds amd characters she builds, I always find myself enjoying what is written and wanting more and then being exasperated cause I have to wait for the next book.
Ive been in a reading drought for a while, I devoured this book, its concepts and find myself bereft. I think youll enjoy it too.
This book was not my typical read, although not the first Ive read and reviewed for Celeste.
I enjoy the complex worlds amd characters she builds, I always find myself enjoying what is written and wanting more and then being exasperated cause I have to wait for the next book.
Ive been in a reading drought for a while, I devoured this book, its concepts and find myself bereft. I think youll enjoy it too.
January 1, 2026
Bonebound
This was a fascinating story. Some of the characters are wicked, no compassion or kindness to each other. Then there are the Elfs. They are really cruel. But then our hero and heroin meet. Yeah! They free themselves and start out on there on.
The story ends with happy for now, but there is danger coming for them. Good read!
This was a fascinating story. Some of the characters are wicked, no compassion or kindness to each other. Then there are the Elfs. They are really cruel. But then our hero and heroin meet. Yeah! They free themselves and start out on there on.
The story ends with happy for now, but there is danger coming for them. Good read!
January 6, 2026
Instantly hooked
Once I started reading this, I couldn't put it down. The way the writing started and sank its claws in me. Like a tragedy. I can't wait for more.
Once I started reading this, I couldn't put it down. The way the writing started and sank its claws in me. Like a tragedy. I can't wait for more.
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