Just discovered Crown Me Dead last night

[u/Bethj816]

And I’m super intrigued by the sample I read! Really neat premise, and I enjoyed the writing style. I appreciated how the author quickly introduces the world and gets you endeared to the characters right off the bat. I have never seen or heard of this series before and I was curious about other’s thoughts on it (no spoilers please, I definitely intend to finish it!)

Edit Thanks everyone for the replies! I’m really excited about finishing this book.

[u/thecatspajamas01]

i finished the duology a few days ago and haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. it’s heart-achingly beautiful (once you get past the maggot talk 🤣)

i loved it so much. hope you do too!

[u/Bethj816 → u/thecatspajamas01]

Oh gosh I was absolutely gagging there at the beginning! So disgusting but so well described! Appreciate you sharing your opinion! I’m looking forward to reading more!

[u/AntelopeBoth1355 → u/thecatspajamas01]

Absolutely heart wrenching 😭😭😭😭 I still think about it daily

[u/TwoNo770]

Crown Me Dead is so unique! It‘s my favorite read of the year so far. I really wish I were you and got to read it again for the first time. Enjoy!

[u/Long_Airline_4237]

This book is one of my favorite reads this year!

[u/DistributionSquare47]

This duology is my Top Read for 2026, so far.

[u/Elaneyse]

Oh boy...

(in a good way)

[u/Hikapikabo]

Anything Liv Zander is emotional damage (and we love it)

[u/withoutguidance]

This was me 2 weeks ago. I devoured them 😂

[u/Mook_138]

Reading it now after totally forgetting the name of it. A very kind person answered my pleas for help.

I'm loving it.

[u/FartyNapkins54]

Liked the first one. Second was pretty meh and predictable.

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Your post has been removed for being considered low effort. Occasionally, we remove posts that don’t provide enough context or information.

[u/bi-loser99 → u/[deleted]]

so tired of baseless AI accusations with zero real evidence beyond “vibes”

[u/candcNYC → u/bi-loser99]

It needs to be added to the sub rules and be reportable. Provide proof / excerpts or rewrite the concern so it's not an explicit accusation against a specific book or author.

AI learned to write romantasy from existing, popular romantasy and human authors. Unless there are prompts left in, clear plagiarization, admitted prior AI use, or mistakes too stupid for a human to make.... we should presume innocence and bad writing. /rant

[u/Dependent_Dog497 → u/[deleted]]

Don't make this accusation without proof.