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Fated Reads – Issue 03
If you're reading this, it's already too late—you're about to add more books to your TBR.
Julie Lowe
April 25, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes
💌 Hello, fellow romantasy addict…
Let’s skip the small talk—there’s a god with a grudge, a chosen girl with an attitude, and a bodyguard who really shouldn’t be looking at THE Maiden like that.
This week, we’re spiraling through divine trials, dagger stares, and deadly secrets.
(And yes, your TBR is side-eyeing you. Again.)
Let’s get into it. 📚⚔️
Table of Contents
If You Liked: Lore Olympus (with spice and banter)
You’ll LOVE: The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen 🎲⚡️
A mortal girl is forced into a divine competition hosted by sexy, chaotic gods—think Survivor, but with lightning bolts and slow-burn tension.
✨ Witty banter, fast-paced, and absolutely bingeable
✨ God x mortal attraction with “I hate how much I like you” energy
✨ Ends on a cliffhanger (but not in a “throw your Kindle” kind of way), and…
✨ Book 2 is out this September! (and did I mention the covers are to die for?!)
🌶️ Spice Level: 1/5 — flirtation, chemistry, and simmering tension with payoff but low spice
Tropes: ✔️ Hades retelling…but this isn’t a Persephone story 👀 ✔️ God x mortal
✔️ Magical trials ✔️ Enemies to lovers, divine edition
👉 A perfect rebound read when your last series emotionally destroyed you.
🔥 TBR Temptation
🗡 From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
She’s the Maiden, hidden away from the world.
He’s her new guard, broody and very not supposed to get involved.
Naturally, it all goes off the rails in the hottest possible way.
Secret identities, forbidden romance, and plot twists that won’t quit.
🌶️🌶️🌶️ Spice Level: 3/5
Tropes to love:
Hidden identity
Forbidden romance
Bodyguard x protected
“You're mine” energy
Ancient gods and prophecies
📖 Note from the Author about the Reading Order: “Because the Flesh and Fire series is a companion prequel and not a fully separate prequel from Blood and Ash the two series are meant to be read together in release order.
There are explanations that occur in the Flesh and Fire series that can spoil the mystery of some aspects of Blood and Ash if read out of order, as well as explain moments when read in order. Visions of Flesh and Blood is a world compendium, and while it does not need to be read as part of the series, it should not be read prior to A Fire in the Flesh due to spoilers.”
🗂 Save this for the full Blood and Ash World reading order:
🗳️ Poll of the Week
Which romantasy man would 100% emotionally destroy you (and you'd say thank you)?
Vote in my stories: @fated_reads and/or in the Poll below:
🏆 Meme of the Week
TBR? Never heard of her.
💀 Quote That Broke Me…
From Blood and Ash:
“It doesn’t matter if I want—”
“And you do want,” he whispered. “What you want is me.”
“That doesn’t matter.”
“What you want should always matter.”
🥵 Sir, this is a fantasy book and yet I feel personally called out.
🧠 Before You Go...
If this made you laugh, swoon, or impulse buy another book:
📩 Forward it to a fellow romantasy addict
📲 Vote in the poll and follow us at @fated_reads
📚 And let me know what you’re reading that should get featured next!
Until next time—may your mates be fated, your kisses forbidden, and your chapters end in chaos and kisses.
— Julie 💕
Your Fated Reads Fairy Bookmother
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