Is The Book of Azrael spicy, and what should readers be warned about?

Yes — it is an adult romantasy, not a young-adult fantasy. The publisher's own content warnings for the book list sexually explicit scenes, fantasy violence, gore, emotional and physical abuse, death of a loved one, grief, PTSD, eating disorder, depression and slut shaming. The central romance is a slow burn, so the explicit material arrives well into the book.

What order do the Gods & Monsters books go in?

The Book of Azrael is book one. It is followed by The Throne of Broken Gods, The Dawn of the Cursed Queen and The Wrath of the Fallen. Kensington, which reissued the series in 2025, lists Gods & Monsters as planned for five books.

Are Samkiel and Liam the same character?

Yes. Samkiel is his name in the old world, where he was the son of Unir and King of Rashearim, called the World Ender. After the Gods War destroyed his homeworld he withdrew from public life and has lived under the name Liam ever since. The book's own description introduces him both ways.

The Book of Azrael

Reader reviews of The Book of Azrael

ranim · 2026-10-01T08:31:23.000000Z

So so so so gooood.. can’t bring myself to read part 2 tho

Book 1 of the Gods & Monsters Series

Dark Fantasy Romantasy

Pages: 487
Published: 2022
Language: English

Synopsis

A thousand years ago, in the deserts of Eoria, Dianna Martinez gave up her life to save her dying sister. The being who answered her bargain was Kaden, and the price turned her into an Ig'Morruthen, a shapeshifting monster who serves him for as long as he wishes.

Kaden now wants the Book of Azrael, an ancient relic rumoured to contain the one thing that can kill a god. An army guards it, and that army takes its orders from the oldest monster of all.

The other lead is Samkiel, once the son of Unir, King of Rashearim. Known as the World Ender, he shattered his own realm to bring the Gods War to a close. He now lives as Liam, hidden for centuries on the wreckage of that homeworld.

He turns away from the crown and the people who once relied on him. An attack on the few he still loves pulls him back to Onuna, where he meets an enemy he believed had been imprisoned eons ago.

Every realm could follow Rashearim into ruin. Dianna and Samkiel, two of the oldest enemies alive, must first learn to tolerate each other. This is fantasy built on a forced alliance between old foes, and the first book in the Gods & Monsters series.

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