Daddy's Muse (Bloody Desires)

Here's E Baileu's "Daddy's Muse." It's a novel in the multi-author series, Bloody Desires. 

["Colby Willis is used to being invisible, except when cruel laughter follows him through the halls of his college dorm, when bruises bloom beneath his sleeves, when loneliness sharpens into something unbearable. Anxious, broke, and barely surviving his first semester, Colby is one failed exam away from losing everything.

Bodin Dahlström wasn’t supposed to notice the trembling boy on the steps. He was there to kill someone else. But something about Colby—his shyness, his softness, his silence, the way his eyes hold too much sadness—roots Bodin in place. Fascinates him. Consumes him.

Colby requires a gentle touch and kind words–something that Bodin’s never been good at. He knows that if Colby finds out who he is–what he does–he’ll lose him. But Bodin deeply desires to show his fragile lille prinsen the beauty he inspires.

As Colby grows closer to the beautiful Norwegian man he keeps running into, he becomes the target of a terrifying stalker. A necklace of teeth on his pillow, a crow’s heart tucked into his coat pocket, symbols carved in chalk beneath his bed. Bodin becomes his safe place, offering Colby boundless affection and care like he’s never received before.

And when he asks Colby to call him Pappa, to belong to him in every way, Colby doesn’t hesitate."]

One of the listed tropes (for your entertainment, because it entertained the hell out of me): "'like Cinderella, but the Prince is a serial killer Viking'". If I hadn't already been sold because of the rest of the series, that did it.

Also, this is the second book I’ve read that tied Norse/Norwegian history to Appalachia…not sure if that’s a coincidence or a real-life piece of history I didn’t know about. Either way, I’m here for it. 

Also, there’s dynamic was less than healthy, but it was also really adorable. Colby tells readers that his favorite animal is bunnies, and then a few chapters later, Boden calls Coldy ‘my bunny’ in his head, and I melted and giggled and died a little. 

Trigger Warnings: bullying, homophobia, stalking, psychological manipulation, serial murder, religious delusions pertaining to heathenry, graphic ritual sacrifice, poverty and food insecurity, child neglect/homeless/drug-addicted parents, drugging, and more.

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