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When she is abducted by a powerful sorcerer who hides his true face with illusions, Seri fears the worst. As soon as she arrives at his isolated tower, the sorcerer puts a curse on her. After a grace period of three months, Seri will begin a painful transformation into a dragon, and once that transformation is complete, she will become a mindless beast, obedient to him. Brand, the sorcerer, offers to lift the curse—but only if she gives him something he wants.

Seri, however, is determined to resist him. She meets other girls that Brand has kidnapped and becomes a leader among them, urging them not to yield to Brand’s twisted demands. But Brand has a secret. The sole survivor of a terrible massacre, he’s vowed revenge on those that killed his family. The dragon curse is key to his vengeance. But when Brand develops feelings for Seri, he starts to question his choices. What sort of man does he want to be?

Community Reviews(1)

SpiritusAureamRoyal Road

★★★★★ 5.0

This is a review of chapters 1-20 (It was meant to be 1-10, but the story's quality got me hooked. The only reason I stopped at twenty is due to exhaustion and the need for sleep.)
The beginning felt like a different approach to a fairy tale, a boy kidnaps a girl to earn her heart, but thankfully story didn't fairy dust old tropes and opened a book that had to be opened.
These kinds of stuff, these methods of taking agency of someone, convincing it is *their* choice to act such a way while being forced, coerced, and manipulated.
I will plan to read the whole story, but as I said, I'm in dire need of sleep and was keeping this review pending for a while, so let's dive in further.
Style 5/5: The prose and the flow itself are on a level I can't really find a flaw. The amount I read in one sitting is a testament to that.
The prose is descriptive, yet not drowning you in details. You know how somewhere looks, how someone acts, sounds, or even the specific behavior. Yet when you look at the text on a word-by-word basis, one come to realize there weren't actually many words dedicated for this very reason, the story itself is being very concise, yet memorable in every detail.
Grammar 4/5: There are a few words missing letters and some punctuation errors here and there, but nothing too serious. In a less competent text, I don't think it would be even worth mentioning, but for something on this level, it is a bit more apperant.
I think it is likely due to having to write a chapter each day, I know from experience it is no easy feat. Especially while keeping the quality on its current level.
Character Score 4.5/5: Seri and Brand are already perfect and I want to mention them later on.
The girls, Rilla, Brent, and others are a mix of not really fleshed out to catharsis for others' actions.
I do prefer a more multiple PoV approach with characters, but I think it is more of a preference difference than anything.
As for my only criticism, some side characters' actions feel glanced