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Claimed by Monsters #1
Bound to the Dark
Monstrous. Dangerous. Broken. And completely devoted to me.
In a world where fae are hunted by vampires, disguising my true nature is a matter of survival. That’s why I’ve spent the past several years pretending to be human, even dating a human guy.
But after finding out that Mr. Jerkwad is cheating on me, I do the craziest thing I’ve ever done in my life. I go to a bar and leave with three stunning, mysterious men.
We spend one wild night together, and the chemistry between us is like an electric storm.
Maybe that’s because to them, this isn’t just a one-night stand.
All of these men are part fae, and they claim I’m their fated mate.
That should terrify me, especially since I can tell they’re each harboring dark secrets behind their gorgeous features. They’re part fae, but they’re part something else, too. Something wild, feral, and untamed.
But when a vampire mobster sets his sights on me, it may be that the only ones who can protect me…
Are my three monstrous mates.
Bound to the Dark is the first book in the Claimed by Monsters series, an action-packed paranormal romance featuring a fierce woman and three damaged, sexy men.
In a world where fae are hunted by vampires, disguising my true nature is a matter of survival. That’s why I’ve spent the past several years pretending to be human, even dating a human guy.
But after finding out that Mr. Jerkwad is cheating on me, I do the craziest thing I’ve ever done in my life. I go to a bar and leave with three stunning, mysterious men.
We spend one wild night together, and the chemistry between us is like an electric storm.
Maybe that’s because to them, this isn’t just a one-night stand.
All of these men are part fae, and they claim I’m their fated mate.
That should terrify me, especially since I can tell they’re each harboring dark secrets behind their gorgeous features. They’re part fae, but they’re part something else, too. Something wild, feral, and untamed.
But when a vampire mobster sets his sights on me, it may be that the only ones who can protect me…
Are my three monstrous mates.
Bound to the Dark is the first book in the Claimed by Monsters series, an action-packed paranormal romance featuring a fierce woman and three damaged, sexy men.
286 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2021
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February 23, 2022
I found out about this book from tiktok andddddd
I didn’t love it.
I didn’t even like it.
and I feel bad bc the premise was so goooood.
A fae girl- pretending to be human- is trying her best to make ends meet by stealing magical items for other supernatural beings. She finds out her human boyfriend is cheating on her and ad she is trying to find a rebound, she ends up finding three. And plot twist, they are all part fae and have mated with her.
ahh so cute.
And it just so happens that she ended up stealing something really valuable from a very powerful vampire who is hunting her down. and her 3 new lovers are determined to protect her.
ahh love that for her!!!
but it was just terribly executed.
There was no build up to the characters. The main character repeats that her parents died, she doesn’t trust anyone and she’s strong and independent about 1000 times in the first chapter alone.
also after she meets the 3 boys, they go off on an adventure trying to free her from the grasps of a vampire she stole from, in the span of DAYS.
It isn’t believable😭😭😭
Where is the character development 😭😭
And the fact they keep repeating, yeah we are mates and she is still like oh why do they love me, why do I feel this way towards them? like miss girl they have literally been telling you since after the first sex scene.
You are mated!!!
fkkdekehbebkddllclcmfndn
I just can’t- the writing wasn’t there, the plot was just barely holding on, it was all very wattpad.
The characters had potential to be our new heart throb but the 3 boys sound and act the exact same way!!!!!! what’s the point of having three if they are all the same. 🙂
anyways, a bummer.
I didn’t love it.
I didn’t even like it.
and I feel bad bc the premise was so goooood.
A fae girl- pretending to be human- is trying her best to make ends meet by stealing magical items for other supernatural beings. She finds out her human boyfriend is cheating on her and ad she is trying to find a rebound, she ends up finding three. And plot twist, they are all part fae and have mated with her.
ahh so cute.
And it just so happens that she ended up stealing something really valuable from a very powerful vampire who is hunting her down. and her 3 new lovers are determined to protect her.
ahh love that for her!!!
but it was just terribly executed.
There was no build up to the characters. The main character repeats that her parents died, she doesn’t trust anyone and she’s strong and independent about 1000 times in the first chapter alone.
also after she meets the 3 boys, they go off on an adventure trying to free her from the grasps of a vampire she stole from, in the span of DAYS.
It isn’t believable😭😭😭
Where is the character development 😭😭
And the fact they keep repeating, yeah we are mates and she is still like oh why do they love me, why do I feel this way towards them? like miss girl they have literally been telling you since after the first sex scene.
You are mated!!!
fkkdekehbebkddllclcmfndn
I just can’t- the writing wasn’t there, the plot was just barely holding on, it was all very wattpad.
The characters had potential to be our new heart throb but the 3 boys sound and act the exact same way!!!!!! what’s the point of having three if they are all the same. 🙂
anyways, a bummer.
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January 30, 2022
before anyone says anything, it was an impulsive decision
January 12, 2022
Bound to the dark is a brilliant start to the claimed by the monsters series. After finding her boyfriend cheating Kiara finds herself 3 hot and willing guys (North, Cain and Raven) to give her one steamy night of fun. Only things dont go exactly to plan afterwards.
Kiara is smart and witty. I really liked her. The guys definitely steamed up my kindle!! Its a cracking read and that cliffhanger ending was just kiler. Im looking forward to book 2 now
Kiara is smart and witty. I really liked her. The guys definitely steamed up my kindle!! Its a cracking read and that cliffhanger ending was just kiler. Im looking forward to book 2 now
July 14, 2022
This was under 300 pages and it took me more than two days to read it. I feel like that says it all. I kept getting bored with it and putting it down which isn't what you want for your books, especially not when there's going to be two more before the story concludes. I'm on the fence on whether or not I want to continue with the series so I can find out what happens, but for now I'm putting it to the side.
I will say, though, that this had a good premise and I could see a lot of people liking it. However, the pace and lack of character development just wasn't for me.
I will say, though, that this had a good premise and I could see a lot of people liking it. However, the pace and lack of character development just wasn't for me.
January 19, 2022
The book is ok. It just feels like its missing something. The guys are very boring and all sort of blend in together. In fact, for a romance novel there is very little in the feelings department. They don't know one another before they sleep together and then its revealed they are mates. But they know next to nothing about one another and they don't really try. Sure, they sleep together some more..but attempts of building a relationship are not really there.
The story itself is there but also feels weak and lacking.
All in all it was a ho hum book that I don't really want to read the second to.
The story itself is there but also feels weak and lacking.
All in all it was a ho hum book that I don't really want to read the second to.
January 23, 2022
1.5 stars. Little to no character development or world building. The main character's sole personality trait seemed to be saying how she was a loner. The plot was also weak. I would not recommend, and I won't read more in this series or by this author.
January 24, 2022
Didn’t finish. Got about 30% through. Very spicy scene in the beginning that was good but the writing is just terrible. She had to have mentioned at least 20 times that her parents died and she is fae. Couldn’t stop rolling my eyes.
April 24, 2025
Plot: 4/5 • Smut: 4/5 ————> Paranormal with shifters, gargoyles, and demons with a side of vampires. Sign me up. Accidentally meeting her fated mates after finding her boyfriend cheating on her. The three *insta-love* help her by finding a relic that will get the vampires off her back. Things kind of backfire near the end.
Smut is very good. Sadly, no M|M.
Smut is very good. Sadly, no M|M.
February 20, 2024
This book made me regret learning to read.
January 19, 2022
Hot but everything other than the sex scenes were kinda eh
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March 22, 2022DNF at 32% page 88/283 chapter 6
So.
This isn’t a bad book as far as I can tell from the few chapters I read.
But it’s SO freaking repetitive that I was already getting annoyed.
The sex that just happened before I decided to quit it was hot, and I’m sure the rest of it is hot too. It’s just not enough to distract me from the constant circular thinking this main character has going on inside her head.
And, I don’t know if there’ll be chapters with the guys’ POV or not, but so far there was only hers and I just can’t.
I’m just not in the mood to skim over the boring parts.
So.
This isn’t a bad book as far as I can tell from the few chapters I read.
But it’s SO freaking repetitive that I was already getting annoyed.
The sex that just happened before I decided to quit it was hot, and I’m sure the rest of it is hot too. It’s just not enough to distract me from the constant circular thinking this main character has going on inside her head.
And, I don’t know if there’ll be chapters with the guys’ POV or not, but so far there was only hers and I just can’t.
I’m just not in the mood to skim over the boring parts.
March 31, 2024
2.5… I read this as a buddy read, and I think we all will come to regret our decision 🫣 The spicy scenes were ok, but the rest was just really boring. The narrator keeps saying the same things over and over, often in the same paragraph. It was so repetitive and just not very entertaining. I don’t think I’ll read the other 3 books just because I don’t want to weed through an underdeveloped plot in a poorly written adventure fantasy novel just for a few minutes of romance.
April 9, 2022
does this read like a bad wattpad fanfic? yeah.
am i mad that i read it? tbh, no. i had a fun time. might even fuck around and read the next one.
am i mad that i read it? tbh, no. i had a fun time. might even fuck around and read the next one.
August 14, 2023
Sloppy
This was a very sloppy piece of work. The details are missing in quite a few ways. Like, where did Kiara get her own clothes? After meeting the guys she doesn't go back to her place but has clothes off her own? Supposedly she's on the pill, but had no purse and never took them. Her current classes at NYU are never addressed beyond saying she's enrolled. She acts in ways that don't match her origin story and we don't see any development of her character, just info dumps followed by 180's of her personality. There's no real relationship building either, just insta mates. The world building was barely there and there were plenty of chances for at least some info dumps to round things out... but nope. All in all, I'm mad that I wasted time on this.
This was a very sloppy piece of work. The details are missing in quite a few ways. Like, where did Kiara get her own clothes? After meeting the guys she doesn't go back to her place but has clothes off her own? Supposedly she's on the pill, but had no purse and never took them. Her current classes at NYU are never addressed beyond saying she's enrolled. She acts in ways that don't match her origin story and we don't see any development of her character, just info dumps followed by 180's of her personality. There's no real relationship building either, just insta mates. The world building was barely there and there were plenty of chances for at least some info dumps to round things out... but nope. All in all, I'm mad that I wasted time on this.
January 25, 2022
Truthfully, it wasn’t that bad of a book. I noted a few errors, words missing and such, but it was only a few times. I didn’t really enjoy the plot - as it seemed much more geared toward “I get to have sex with multiple men”. If that’s your forte, go for it, baby! But I found myself skipping those pages more often than not, and by the end I was asking myself: what was the point of this? I have no interest in reading book two, but if you vibe with group sex, and surface level supernatural world-building, this is the book for you!
February 19, 2022
**3.5 stars
In theory, this book sounded amazing. In reality, reads like wattpad fanfic. I don’t hate it, but it was okay. Lots of spice so I can’t actually be mad
In theory, this book sounded amazing. In reality, reads like wattpad fanfic. I don’t hate it, but it was okay. Lots of spice so I can’t actually be mad
November 28, 2022
“You’re our mate. That’s what we do”
“You darling creature, when are you going to figure out that we’re going to take care of you? You’re our mate, that’s how it works”
𝙿𝚄𝙽𝚃𝚄𝙰𝙲𝙸𝙾́𝙽
★★/ 𝟻
🌸 ¡Hola lectores! (●’◡’●)ﾉ
Hoy les traigo una nueva reseña. Se trata de “Bound to the dark” de Sadie Moss.
¿Lo han leído? ¿Lo conocen?
𝐋𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐚́𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞
-Primer libro de una trilogía
-Una chica fae, llamada Kiara con ciertas habilidades. Se hace pasar por humana durante el día y ladrona durante la noche. No confía en nadie y quiere ser normal. Tiene un novio humano pero este la engaña con otra, por lo que toma la decisión de ir a un bar y conoce a 3 chicos guapísimos y misteriosos. Que después de haberse acostado, aclaman que ella es su compañera.
-Vampiros: Enemigos de los fae. La sangre de los fae son como una droga para ellos, por los que los cazan, haciendo que los fae estén en peligro de extinguirse.
-Un vampiro poderoso va detrás de Kiara por haberle robado una gema.
-Poderes/Habilidades
-Un trío poderoso de hombres híbridos.
Cain: mitad fae, mitad demonio
North: mitad fae, mitad hombre lobo
Raven: mitad fae, mitad gárgola
-Personajes principales: Kiara, North, Cain y Raven. Aunque solo Kiara es la que narra los capítulos.
-Escenas spicy 🔥🌶️: foursome
𝐎𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨́𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥
A pesar de que tiene muchas cosas que me llaman la atención, siento que no supieron aprovechar la historia y los personajes.
Aunque terminé de leer el libro y quise seguir con el segundo, le hizo falta demasiadas cosas.
Todo se dio muy rápido, me hizo falta una mejor construcción del worldbuilding.
Los personajes no me encantaron, no es como que me hayan dejado huella.
Por más que trate de buscar cosas positivas no logré hallarlas. Me entretuvo en pocas partes y tenía cierta curiosidad como para que siguiera leyendo el libro y ver cómo terminaba pero nada más.
Esperaba algo más. Sinceramente no recomiendo estos libros pero igual si quieren darle una oportunidad para que tengan su propia opinión adelante.
PD: la portada no tiene sentido. Es decir, son tres hombres ¿por qué solo ponen a uno?
“You darling creature, when are you going to figure out that we’re going to take care of you? You’re our mate, that’s how it works”
𝙿𝚄𝙽𝚃𝚄𝙰𝙲𝙸𝙾́𝙽
★★/ 𝟻
🌸 ¡Hola lectores! (●’◡’●)ﾉ
Hoy les traigo una nueva reseña. Se trata de “Bound to the dark” de Sadie Moss.
¿Lo han leído? ¿Lo conocen?
𝐋𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐚́𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞
-Primer libro de una trilogía
-Una chica fae, llamada Kiara con ciertas habilidades. Se hace pasar por humana durante el día y ladrona durante la noche. No confía en nadie y quiere ser normal. Tiene un novio humano pero este la engaña con otra, por lo que toma la decisión de ir a un bar y conoce a 3 chicos guapísimos y misteriosos. Que después de haberse acostado, aclaman que ella es su compañera.
-Vampiros: Enemigos de los fae. La sangre de los fae son como una droga para ellos, por los que los cazan, haciendo que los fae estén en peligro de extinguirse.
-Un vampiro poderoso va detrás de Kiara por haberle robado una gema.
-Poderes/Habilidades
-Un trío poderoso de hombres híbridos.
Cain: mitad fae, mitad demonio
North: mitad fae, mitad hombre lobo
Raven: mitad fae, mitad gárgola
-Personajes principales: Kiara, North, Cain y Raven. Aunque solo Kiara es la que narra los capítulos.
-Escenas spicy 🔥🌶️: foursome
𝐎𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨́𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥
A pesar de que tiene muchas cosas que me llaman la atención, siento que no supieron aprovechar la historia y los personajes.
Aunque terminé de leer el libro y quise seguir con el segundo, le hizo falta demasiadas cosas.
Todo se dio muy rápido, me hizo falta una mejor construcción del worldbuilding.
Los personajes no me encantaron, no es como que me hayan dejado huella.
Por más que trate de buscar cosas positivas no logré hallarlas. Me entretuvo en pocas partes y tenía cierta curiosidad como para que siguiera leyendo el libro y ver cómo terminaba pero nada más.
Esperaba algo más. Sinceramente no recomiendo estos libros pero igual si quieren darle una oportunidad para que tengan su propia opinión adelante.
PD: la portada no tiene sentido. Es decir, son tres hombres ¿por qué solo ponen a uno?
January 4, 2022
There is no better way to start the year than with one of Sadie's books.
In the new series we meet Kiara and her men. With a fast paced action, witty dialogue and steamy interactions, Bound to the Dark is an amazing start of a series.
Looking forward to the new book ❤️
In the new series we meet Kiara and her men. With a fast paced action, witty dialogue and steamy interactions, Bound to the Dark is an amazing start of a series.
Looking forward to the new book ❤️
February 3, 2024
I couldn’t finish once they got to the bad guy’s lair. FMC realizes it’s a terrible idea to give the ~sUpEr pOwErFuL magical item~ to the villain, but then two sentences from one of the MMC’s and she’s like okay let’s do it… wtf… it was okay until that part. The spicy scenes were good though 😅
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October 31, 2022
3.5 stars
February 8, 2023
It’s giving wattpad
May 2, 2023
This was amazing. After the last book I read I really needed this one. I can't wait to read the next book.
March 13, 2024
It doesn't have enough personality for me to hate it, but I did not enjoy my stay
March 30, 2025
Story 3.25⭐️ Spice 3🌶️
This book is good-ish. It has some aspects I enjoyed, and there was a lot happening, I just didn’t like the pacing much. I’m not sure if I will continue the series.
This book is good-ish. It has some aspects I enjoyed, and there was a lot happening, I just didn’t like the pacing much. I’m not sure if I will continue the series.
February 7, 2023
Couple hot sex science but mostly lackluster story/plot..for a sneaky fae thief you would think she would have some better skills.
January 17, 2025
Not literature but ~cliterature~
January 23, 2022
wish there had been a tad more plot detail and build up, but that very first scene…..damnnnn. will be reading the next one when it comes out
January 23, 2022
where is the rest?
There is so much of this story that we aren’t told. Backstories? Other POVs? Not in this book. Love the gargoyle addition, they aren’t in enough books.
There is so much of this story that we aren’t told. Backstories? Other POVs? Not in this book. Love the gargoyle addition, they aren’t in enough books.
January 19, 2022
Another TikTok fail
A great first night, then nothing for twenty chapters. They have to explain thirty times that she is their mate and she still doesn't get it. She is every trope. An orphan. Doesn't know her own power. And of course it ends with a kidnapping. Why wouldn't it? Every bit of this is the same old same old.
A great first night, then nothing for twenty chapters. They have to explain thirty times that she is their mate and she still doesn't get it. She is every trope. An orphan. Doesn't know her own power. And of course it ends with a kidnapping. Why wouldn't it? Every bit of this is the same old same old.
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