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Review: Mate of a Monster

 


Title: Mate of a Monster 

Series: Lord's of Rathe 

Author: Meagan Brandy & Amo Jones 

Release Date: September 22, 2026 




He betrayed their bond. Now saving him may destroy what’s left of her heart.

After being cast back to Exile Island, Haide wants nothing to do with Rathe—or the King who chose another woman over her.

Legend Deveraux was once bound to her by magic powerful enough to shake kingdoms. Now he looks at her with hatred in his eyes, convinced she betrayed him, manipulated him, and nearly destroyed him.

Worse? His true mate has been hidden all along.

While Rathe’s court celebrates the King’s new bond, Legend is slowly dying. His magic is failing, his mind slipping further from the truth, and the woman at his side is tightening her grip on the throne.

His brothers are desperate enough to turn to the one person they once condemned.

Haide.

She should let him suffer. But despite the betrayal, the bond between them still calls.

As dark secrets unravel and a new danger rises from Exile Island, Haide and Legend are forced back into each other’s orbit, drawn together by a connection neither of them fully understands.

To save his life, they’ll have to break the false bond destroying him. But restoring the true one may cost them everything.

Because some betrayals cut deeper than magic. And some loves refuse to die.



Ahh!! This was one of my most anticipated reads & I'm so glad to have gotten a copy!! 
I am loving the world of Rathe & each of the duets within. 
Mate of a Monster is book 2 & the conclusion to Haide & Legend's duet & continues where Mate of a Royal left off. 
Legend betrayed his mate Haide & now she is back. As secrets are unraveling Haide has to decide if she will help restore the bond with Legend - & save his life - or if she will let him suffer for his betrayal. 
I loved this book. I love this world & these characters. I love the chaos between the characters & not having all the facts until they are revealed. This book is deliciously dark - built into this magical world and I definitely enjoy getting lost in Rathe. I cannot wait to see what is in store in future books. If you like books filled with magic and dragons and dates mates & betrayal then I recommend these books! 
4 ⭐ out of 5 ⭐ 
4 🌶️ out of 5 🌶️

Tropes: 
• dark academia fantasy 
• predator vs predator 
• touch her & ☠️ 
• morally grey king 
• fated mates 
• betral 

Trigger Warnings: 
- violence 
- blood/gore
- death/murder 
- predator/play dynamic 
- primal play 





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ABOUT MEAGAN: 

USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Meagan Brandy writes New Adult romance novels with a twist. She is a candy crazed, jukebox junkie who tends to speak in lyrics. Born and raised in California, she is a married mother of three crazy boys who keep her bouncing from one sports field to another, depending on the season, and she wouldn't have it any other way. Starbucks is her best friend and words are her sanity.



ABOUT AMO: 

I’m the one who’s terrible at short bios—because my life doesn’t come in neat paragraphs. It comes in bite marks, late nights, and a laptop that knows too much. These days I stay home more, tucked into the chaos I actually like: four teenagers, my tatted-up husband, cats with attitude problems, a husky with a god complex, and me—bleeding words like it’s a survival skill. I’m less polished introvert and more feral cat that learned how to type.

I crossed the sea from Aotearoa to Australia twelve years ago, and we made the Whitsundays our forever home. I’ve been writing and publishing since 2015, winging it since my teenagers were babies—building worlds in the cracks of everyday life and calling it a career because there was never any other option.

I have a soft spot for the flawed, the unhinged, the misunderstood—the ones everyone warns you about. I break every character who dares stroll through my head: red flags, broody silences, sharp mouths, bad decisions. Don’t worry. They survive. And they always swing back. I’ve got bruises to prove it.

I like music you won’t hear on the radio, coffee with condensed milk, my asshole cats, my terrifyingly protective family, and girlfriends who feel more like sisters. I leave everything to the last minute and somehow still make it land—usually on fire.

I’m a connoisseur of dark, twisted romance. I found my home among readers and authors who live on the darker side of life.

If that’s you… welcome.

E WHAKAHĪHĪ ANA HE MAORI AHAU, ME MANA WAHINE TUPUNA. KO TUHOE TE IWI.


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