{"product_id":"dire-bound","title":"Dire Bound","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller! \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFourth Wing\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e in this spicy, page-turning romantasy where humans and direwolves forge unbreakable bonds and fight for survival at all costs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She'll risk her life--and her heart--to be one of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meryn Cooper has always hated the Bonded, elite warriors who form mental links with the massive, vicious direwolves they ride. While they live in luxury, Meryn struggles to keep her family out of poverty. When her little sister, Saela, is kidnapped--stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting--Meryn's world falls apart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army and is thrown into the deadly Bonding Trials, where any mistake will cost her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now Meryn must survive four months of training at the castle. She is bound to a feral direwolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her cold and beautiful instructor, Stark Therion, is eager to punish any weakness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Everything is a competition, and everyone is out to get her--everyone except the dangerously handsome crown prince, whose attention adds another target to her back. In the castle, every smile hides a knife...and the halls hide dark secrets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's bond or bleed. Duel or die. Failure is ruin.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDire Bound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e contains mature content including depictions of graphic violence, and is therefore recommended for readers 17+. For a full list of tropes and TWs, please visit the author's website. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders are already falling in love with\u003ci\u003e Direbound: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"ONE OF THE BEST READS OF THE YEAR! This book was insanely good.\" Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Stop it right now... I'm actually quite feral for the next book...\" Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The plot was THICK, the tension and banter? Flawless. And the world with the wolf bond, and trials NEED MORE NOW.\" Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eI just finished and \u003cb\u003estill trying to mentally and emotionally recover\u003c\/b\u003e to what just happened to me. You need to read it \u003cb\u003eIMMEDIATELY\u003c\/b\u003e.\" Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"If you're into \u003cb\u003edark romantasy with high stakes\u003c\/b\u003e, fierce characters, and just the right amount of \u003cb\u003eemotional wreckage\u003c\/b\u003e, Direbound is \u003cb\u003eyour next obsession\u003c\/b\u003e.\" Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"What an \u003cb\u003eincredible read!!\u003c\/b\u003e ... I am \u003cb\u003eblown away\u003c\/b\u003e. ... The romance, the anguish, \u003cb\u003ethe BANTER\u003c\/b\u003e! I love a book with good banter and this was FULL OF IT!\" Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003cb\u003eI. Am. OBSESSED. \u003c\/b\u003e... \u003cb\u003eLeft me spiraling\u003c\/b\u003e in the best way possible. The \u003cb\u003emorally grey anti-hero\u003c\/b\u003e? Perfection. The \u003cb\u003eslow-burn tension\u003c\/b\u003e? Electric. ... I was \u003cb\u003ecompletely immersed\u003c\/b\u003e.\" Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Slow burn romance \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Found family \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Morally grey characters \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e One bed \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Touch her and die \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Who did this to you \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Enemies to lovers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Forced proximity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Vampires vs. wolves! \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Requited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48247324672214,"sku":"9780316601382","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1660\/5398\/files\/imageloader_6c883e8e-7ce5-410f-a9cd-c581e92ce983.jpg?v=1778609327","url":"https:\/\/tiabookcellar.com\/products\/dire-bound","provider":"tia book cellar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}