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Wicked Beauty

  • 2022 first published
  • 380 pages
  • 3 editions

Katee Robert's Wicked Beauty (2022) is a queer fantasy and fairy-tale retelling novel. It features Achilles Kallis, Helen Kasios and Patroclus Fotos. Key subjects include Mythology, Spicy, retellings and Smut.

38 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 3 editions. It appeared on the New York Times Combined Print And E-Book Fiction bestseller list in 2022.

It runs to roughly 380 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Wicked Beauty

In Olympus, you either have the power to rule… or you are ruled. Achilles Kallis may have been born with nothing, but as a child he vowed he would claw his way into the poisonous city's inner circle. Now that a coveted role has opened to anyone with the strength to claim it, he and his partner, Patroclus Fotos, plan to compete and double their odds of winning. Neither expect infamous beauty Helen Kasios to be part of the prize… or for the complicated fire that burns the moment she looks their way. Zeus may have decided Helen is his to give away, but she has her own plans. She enters into the competition as a middle finger to the meddling Thirteen rulers, effectively vying for her own hand in marriage. Unfortunately, there are those who would rather see her dead than lead the city. The only people she can trust are the ones she can't keep her hands off—Achilles and Patroclus. But can she really believe they have her best interests at heart when every stolen kiss is a battlefield?
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Awards & lists

  • 📰New York Times bestseller list — Combined Print And E-Book Fiction, 2022

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Characters

  • Achilles Kallis
  • Helen Kasios
  • Patroclus Fotos

Subjects

  • Romance
  • Fantasy
  • Mythology
  • Dark Romance
  • Spicy
  • Retellings
  • Smut
  • LGBT
  • LGBTQ+
  • Queer

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Wicked Beauty?

Wicked Beauty was written by Katee Robert and first published in 2022.

What genre is Wicked Beauty?

It is usually shelved as Queer Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings and Myth & Legend Fiction.

How long is Wicked Beauty?

The median edition has 380 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Wicked Beauty?

Readers who like it often enjoy Lies We Sing to the Sea, Lost in the Never Woods and Captive in the Underworld.

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