Lisette Marshall
Self-Published
21 October 2025
545
eBook - EPUB
Romantasy
ARC via NetGalley
The man Thraga loved is dead, and her future is in shambles. When she's sentenced to the gallows for killing her lover's murderers, it's a relief more than anything… until, the night before her execution, a necromancer is thrown into her cell.
Escaping with him is her only chance to bring Lark back to life - and also the start of all her troubles.
Because her new almost-ally is not just any man returned from death. Fire mage, rogue prince, and son of the man who killed her mother, sharp-tongued Durlain Averre is everything Thraga hates. Worse, he won't revive her lover unless she joins him on a mission of his own first, using her forbidden rune magic to free his sister from the dungeons of an enemy king.
But their quest turns into a deadly chase when Thraga's violent past catches up with her. And as the net of court intrigue and old fears closes around them, she begins to find out Lark was not at all the man she thought he was…
And neither is Durlain.
Lately I have read a few fantasy and romantasy reads that left me feeling a bit bored. Luckily The Death-Made Prince by Lisette Marshall came along to get me out of that slump. The story contains many standard themes, but they were delivered in a way that felt fresh and new. Both Thraga and Durlain were intriguing characters, and both developed as people over the course of the story. The relationship, too, was nicely balanced. We saw some early attraction on Thraga's side, but it wasn't instalove and their connection expanded gradually in a believable way, making it a true enemies-to-lovers tale and not (as too many are lately) slight-dislike-to-lovers. The world building was well handled and the pacing throughout the story was good. I was certainly caught up in the action right up to the shocking climax of this first volume, and I will absolutely be reading on to book two when it comes out. I would definitely recommend this to fans of dark romantasy. I am giving it five stars.
I received this book as a free eBook ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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