Reviewed by True
TITLE: Oh, Sacred Dark
SERIES: Coven Ties #1
AUTHOR: Marina Vivancos
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 225 pages
RELEASE DATE: March 14, 2023
BLURB:
Tyler’s first priority is to protect his coven. Not because he’s the High Witch’s right-hand-man. Not because he was born a Dom. But because this is his home, and a protector is who he is.
When a new person is fostered by the coven, Tyler is immediately suspicious. Roman is a sub, sure, but his old coven is bad news. They’re all convicted of practicing Chaos Magic, so…why isn’t Roman?
Tyler is sure that Roman is up to no good. The sub refuses to integrate with the coven. Will avoid meals, barely leaves his room, doesn’t talk to anybody. There’s something wrong there, and Tyler won’t stop until he finds out what.
Turns out, there’s a lot more to Roman than meets the eye—a dark past that’s left scars he can’t even imagine. In the end, Roman might not be someone Tyler has to defend against…but someone he needs to protect.
Coven Ties takes place in a universe where magic exists, and everybody is born either a Dom or a sub. This book contains themes of abuse and trauma with a focus on healing, love, and found family.
REVIEW:
Ohhhh, my heart, the hurt, the misunderstandings, did I say there’s hurt? So much.
Roman is a refugee and found a safe space at the Meliora coven. Roman got a Dom assigned to him who will guide him, as being lower than a sub, Roman has horrible experiences with Doms
Tyler is the Dom who has to guide this sub, only he doesn’t really want a refugee from the Imber coven where Roman comes from, they are bad news.
Roman has been treated in an unbelievably hurtful way by his father and Doms, he was a Worm, in other words, he was nothing, so he made himself silent, almost invisible until he was less than nothing.
Tyler must still find something to hate because Roman can feel it, the scowling, the hostility.
Free, but still mistreated, it was so hurtful.
Tyler’s world shakes when he understands what Roman has been through.
What follows is an amazing, emotional journey about healing, trust, and love. Impossible to describe.
I love a good hurt comfort story, where the hurt is huge. This was good and was so well put together! I felt it in my stomach.
“I think we can be kind and forgive your brain for trying to keep you safe, right?”
This author has a wonderful way of writing! The story is full of feelings, with a good focus on the main characters, the secondary characters involved were absolutely lovable, and the coven dynamic wonderful, with extraordinary types of magic, and a solid plot.
Yes, you got it right, I loved this story!
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