{"product_id":"shattered-returned-dark-god-meg-xuemei-x-9798989100729","title":"Shattered \u0026 Returned (Dark God #1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e99 deaths. 1 final chance.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBLOOM\u003c\/strong\u003e doesn't know why her dreams drip with blood. Why the dead whisper her name. Or Nero Ravencrux-Forsaken Academy's lethally beautiful, morally black heart-watches her like she's both his salvation and his ruin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut she knows this: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents who break the rules disappear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery redhead who looked like her was buried before twenty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd she has 9 days left until her birthday-the day the gods have marked for her blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNERO\u003c\/strong\u003e is the death god masquerading as a man. For two thousand years, he's watched Persephone be reborn-only to be slaughtered by the gods who hunt her for sport. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis time, he built Forsaken Academy to cage her from the heavens, but this Persephone is different. Wilder. Wounded. A storm of thorns and trembling hands, picking through the bones of women who wore her skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Fates demand she remember.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eIf she doesn't, he'll lose her forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gods are coming. Her clock is bleeding out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the only thing more dangerous than his love?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer need to survive it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor readers who love these tropes: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDark academia \u0026amp; gothic romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePersephone and Hades retelling \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForbidden teacher\/student relationship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReincarnation \u0026amp; curse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecond chance and Fated Mates \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnemies-to-lovers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForced proximity and Dark Obsession \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho hurt you? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMurder mystery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVillain does better\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHe'll ruin you \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis dark academia romance reimagines the Hades and Persephone myth with forbidden desire, deadly secrets, and an epic love that defies fate and curse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meg Xuemei X., L. Lysandra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798989100729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e House of Shades and Fantasy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.02d","brand":"Meg Xuemei X.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47136698106111,"sku":"9798989100729","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_00c2c3d4-ccae-4c4a-bcfc-3fcfe6415221.jpg?v=1755024117","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shattered-returned-dark-god-meg-xuemei-x-9798989100729","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}