Daggermouth By H. M. Wolfe
Updated: Aug 25
Rating: 5 stars
Adult - Spice: Enemies to Lovers, Friends to Lovers, Forced Political Marriage
Genre: Dystopia, Romance, Science Fiction
Tags: Dark, Assassins, Masked Elitism, Multiple POVs, Corrupt Government, Morally Gray, Book Review
The Heart Duology Book 1
Greyson is the son of the President. He is his father's executioner. Shadera is a mercenary hired to kill him. But nothing goes as planned. Now they are being forced to get married. Neither is happy about this arrangement. They agree to work together to get out. Will they be able to find a way out and not hurt the ones they love?
This is the first book in the Heart Duology. Greyson is more than the killer that he portrays. Shadera is a strong woman with really a mean mouth. The side characters aren’t really side characters. We get to see perspectives from Greg, Shadera, Callum, and Jameson. The transitions are well written and smooth. The world is class based and dark. The story kept me on the edge of my seat. I loved reading this book and look forward to reading the next book, Python.
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Pages: 516
Read: Digital
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“The first thing you’ll learn in New Found Haven is that mercy doesn’t exist. The second thing is that, from the highest glass atrium in the Heart to the windowless slums of the Boundary, the Veyra are always watching.
The last lesson is the hardest, but you must remember it: Love outside of your ring is a death sentence.
The city is carved into rings of privilege and poverty, ruled by the masked elite who will do whatever it takes to hold onto power. Obedience is demanded. Rebellion is crushed.
Greyson Serel has spent his life caught between two worlds. Publicly, he’s the flawless heir to the presidency. Privately, he’s entangled in secrets that could topple the regime. But when he’s forced into a political marriage meant to bind him tighter to the government’s brutal laws, he finds himself shackled to a bride as lethal as she is unwilling.
Shadera Kael is a mercenary raised to kill, not to wed. Yet when her bullet misses its mark, survival leaves her tied to the very man she was sent to eliminate. Trapped inside the corrupt heart of the city, she becomes both prisoner and wife, her every step watched, her every move tested.
Their union is no love story—it’s a battlefield. As secrets come to light and betrayals fester within the walls of power, Greyson and Shadera must decide between annihilating each other or burning the city to the ground together.
In a world where passion has consequences and loyalty is paid for in blood, their forced bond may be the spark that ignites a revolution. Or the fire that consumes them both.”
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