Dire Bound

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Dire Bound is the first of The Wolves of Ruin series, introducing us to a world where humans can bond with enormous direwolves in order to be part of the nation’s fight against the Syphons. Meryn is living in poverty looking after her ill mother and younger sister while earning extra money in the fighting pits and training the local children as much as she can in self defense against The Nabbers, snatching scores of children away in the middle of the night. When Meryn’s sister is taken she is determined to enlist, head to the front and save her sister, but she has to survive the bonded trials first. 

With a military academy setting, supernatural bonds and powers, deadly trials and kingdom politics, Dire Bound is well placed for fans of Fourth Wing, Throne of Glass and From Blood and Ash. Drawing on a lot of familiar genre elements, this will be an entertaining choice for anyone looking for a textbook Romantasy read. 

About Dire Bound

A USA Today Bestseller! A New York Times Bestseller!Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games in this spicy, page-turning romantasy where humans and direwolves forge unbreakable bonds and fight for survival at all costs. Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She'll risk her life-and her heart-to be one of them. Meryn Cooper has always hated the Bonded, elite warriors who form mental links with the massive, vicious direwolves they ride. While they live in luxury, Meryn struggles to keep her family out of poverty. When her little sister, Saela, is kidnapped-stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting-Meryn's world falls apart. Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army and is thrown into the deadly Bonding Trials, where any mistake will cost her life. Now Meryn must survive four months of training at the castle. She is bound to a feral direwolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her cold and beautiful instructor, Stark Therion, is eager to punish any weakness. Everything is a competition, and everyone is out to get her-everyone except the dangerously handsome crown prince, whose attention adds another target to her back. In the castle, every smile hides a knife…and the halls hide dark secrets. It's bond or bleed. Duel or die. Failure is ruin. Dire Bound contains mature content including depictions of graphic violence, and is therefore recommended for readers 17+. For a full list of tropes and TWs, please visit the author's website. Readers are already falling in love with Direbound: "ONE OF THE BEST READS OF THE YEAR! This book was insanely good." Goodreads reviewer ????? "Stop it right now... I'm actually quite feral for the next book…" Goodreads reviewer ????? "The plot was THICK, the tension and banter? Flawless. And the world with the wolf bond, and trials??? NEED MORE NOW." Goodreads reviewer ?????"I just finished and still trying to mentally and emotionally recover to what just happened to me. You need to read it IMMEDIATELY." Goodreads reviewer ????? "If you're into dark romantasy with high stakes, fierce characters, and just the right amount of emotional wreckage, Direbound is your next obsession." Goodreads reviewer ????? "What an incredible read!! … I am blown away. … The romance, the anguish, the BANTER! I love a book with good banter and this was FULL OF IT!" Goodreads reviewer ????? "I. Am. OBSESSED. … Left me spiraling in the best way possible. The morally grey anti-hero? Perfection. The slow-burn tension? Electric. … I was completely immersed." Goodreads reviewer ?????Perfect for fans of: Slow burn romance Found family Morally grey characters One bed Touch her and die Who did this to you Enemies to lovers Forced proximity Vampires vs. wolves!

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