We’ve got a mentally unstable lykae who finds his mate in a succubus, the same species of the woman who murdered his parents and molested him as a child. MacRieve has a lot of trauma to unpack in order to move forward with his mate, Chloe who was thrown into the world of the Lore with no prior knowledge of it. Oh, did we mention her father is Webb, the sadistic psycho who tortured many from the Lore? Yeah, this one's a wild rollercoaster of emotion folks, so you better buckle up!

Also discussed this week: The way past trauma can affect someone's emotional growth and capacity to move on or rationalize, how far one would go to assuage their own pain even if it’s at the extent of a loved one, as well as the darker (and less talked about) side of fated mates.

Trigger warning: mentions of suicide, child molestation, rape, abuse, dubious consent, torture, animosity to one’s partner and death.

Book of the Week: MacRieve by Kresley Cole

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Romancing the Monsters is a podcast that looks at the monster within: the shadow keeping the characters away from true and absolute happiness. This monster can be a prejudice, fear, insecurity, trauma and so on. We believe that romance novels are as much about one's personal journey as they are about finding love.

After all, love makes us vulnerable and forces us to bare our monsters to another.