Oathbound
Briar Boleyn
Oathbound
A strong heroine becomes entangled with dragons and fae in a supernatural world filled with danger and dark attraction. Magic binds her to a fae warrior as obsession and duty collide spectacularly. Dragons, fae, and fierce love define this romance.
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Picking up right after Bloodmarked, Bree has cut herself off from the Legendborn Order, her friends, and even her own ancestral root. To master her abilities and save Selwyn Kane, she strikes a bargain with the Shadow King, a shape-shifting demon with a foot in the human, Shadowborn, and Legendborn worlds. Training under him means doing his bidding, and Bree slowly realizes how much of her future she has signed away. Meanwhile Merlins are turning up dead, Rootcrafters are being kidnapped, and the fractured Order is circling closer to open war. Modern North Carolina, Arthurian magic, and a heroine caught between every faction that wants to own her.
Deonn brings Black girl magic to Arthurian legend and doesn't apologize for it. The worldbuilding layers Southern gothic, fae lore, and contemporary teen identity into something that feels urgent and alive. The found family dynamics are genuine, not saccharine or performative. If you're tired of Arthuriana centered on white characters, this reclaims the legend.
Violence (magical combat, physical injury), racial themes and microaggressions, character death (grief-heavy), family trauma/estrangement, blood magic, high stakes.
Readers of books 1-2 (Legendborn and Bloodmarked) obviously need this. New readers should start at book 1. Comp: if you loved Cemetery Boys or The Amulet of Samarkand for found family + magic, plus Code Name Verity for stakes and loyalty, this blends all three. For readers who want their fantasy political and personal.
Book 3 of the Legendborn Cycle, which is planned as four books, so this is not the finale. Read Legendborn and Bloodmarked first; nothing here lands without them.
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