Empire of Blood

Empire of Blood

By:

Stacia Stark

Spice Scale
Number of books
1 Published
KU
✅
Audiobook
✅
Series Status
Incomplete
Interconnected
N/A
Overall Rating
Coming Soon

We Who Will Die is a dark romantasy about Arvelle, a young woman scraping by in the brutal Thorn district while trying to protect her two younger brothers in a world ruled by ancient vampires. When a powerful vampire forces her into a magically binding bargain, she must enter the deadly Sundering arena—where only the strongest survive trials designed for the emperor’s future elite guard—in order to get close enough to attempt the impossible: assassinate the vampire emperor himself. Inside the arena and court, Arvelle is pulled into a dangerous web involving the cold, enigmatic Primus who once broke her heart and the emperor’s sadistic son, Rorrik, both of whom seem to know more about her emerging powers than she does, pushing her to question her past, her magic, and who she can afford to trust if she wants to keep her family alive.

Jamie’s review

The hype is real, friends! This was un-put-downable. I immediately loved it out of the gates and my notes after finishing it include 1,000 exclamation points because SO.MANY.FUN.TWISTS come barreling at you in the last 10%!

Arvelle is our FMC and she's mouthy, impulsive and a trained killer, so of course I love her. There is OBVIOUSLY more to the story with Tiernon, her first love that goes slumming in the Thorn and then disappears. And Rorrick is going to devastate me, I CAN ALREADY TELL. Just bring it on. This is queued up be emotional blackmail and I am here for it!

The writing did feel rushed at times and some major events were glossed over at times. I also get tired of a cagey MMC, it's a cheap trick to make us hate a character just because he won't divulge information.

But this is a FANTASTIC book 1 and this series is going to be god tier, I can already tell!

Erica’s review

I had to sit on this review for awhile because I'm still so confused on my feelings about it. Which isn't a bad thing, but also, isn't a good thing. ;) IYKYK

I ended on a 4/5 because I'm excited for where I'm hoping this will go in the next few books in the series. I think when I step back and look at book 1 I DO really like it. It has all the things we love in a Romantasy book but I think my issue is the love triangle. It's done VERY well but without spoiling it - I don't like it and it gives me the ick. I'm hoping Stacia can change my mind because I did love the characters - especially the FMC Arvelle. She's the best kind of badass FMC and I'm excited to see where this takes her. Girlfriend deserves a HEA!

I had to sit on this review for awhile because I'm still so confused on my feelings about it. Which isn't a bad thing, but also, isn't a good thing. ;) IYKYK

Books in this series

Book 1
of
4
We Who Will Die
Dec 30, 2025
Book 2
of
4
We Who Will Rise
Book 3
of
4
Empire of Blood Book 3
Book 4
of
4
Empire of Blood Book 4

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