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Blood Baptism #2
Ravage
A Dark MM Romance about debauchery and the descent into madness.
When Jackson Monroe abducted his last victim, he didn't expect the gorgeous and faithful Adrian Price to become a staple in his life. But the longer he's in Adrian's orbit, sharing a bed, eating home cooked meals, and hunting new conquests, the more he begins to understand Adrian's curiosity about grief, depravity, and murder.
Faith, desire, obsession, and hunger clash when a toxic union becomes a dismantlement of power and presents an opportunity for the master of an unusual craft to finally teach .
*this book contains sensitive material. for detailed information about the content, please visit saint harlowe's website*
When Jackson Monroe abducted his last victim, he didn't expect the gorgeous and faithful Adrian Price to become a staple in his life. But the longer he's in Adrian's orbit, sharing a bed, eating home cooked meals, and hunting new conquests, the more he begins to understand Adrian's curiosity about grief, depravity, and murder.
Faith, desire, obsession, and hunger clash when a toxic union becomes a dismantlement of power and presents an opportunity for the master of an unusual craft to finally teach .
*this book contains sensitive material. for detailed information about the content, please visit saint harlowe's website*
70 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 20, 2023
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May 2, 2024
When Adrian commits a crime it’s actually not against the law bc he’s so perfect
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April 22, 2024Removed my rating and review because this author is a fraud.
December 5, 2025
holy fucking shit I am so feral for this
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April 22, 2024Saint Harlowe is another pseudonym for Freydis Moon who was a white person masquerading as Latinx. Don’t support them. Don’t buy their books.
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April 24, 2024One of Freydis Moon’s alts 👎🏻
May 29, 2023
They are disgusting and I love them.
In my mind this book is set to the tune of Ptolemaea by Ethel Cain
In my mind this book is set to the tune of Ptolemaea by Ethel Cain
July 30, 2023
I can't get enough of these two.
Jackson's POV had me choked. Seeing Adrian through his eyes—the complete and utter love, obsession, and devotion? 20/10. Where can I get a man this devoted?
If he knew I would put a gun in my mouth if he asked. If he knew I would slit my wrists, or leap from a building, or douse myself in gasoline, he might’ve lost all faith in me.
How jealous God must be, watching me give all my faith to Adrian Price.
But not just Jackson, Adrian too. Being willing and at Jackson's mercy while having that man leashed? My god.
It drove me mad. His submission, his acquiescence, his eagerness to be pleased, to be used.
“Say it.”
“You’re my god,” he gasped out, shaking and whining.
“Again.”
“You’re my god, Jackson. You’re my god, you’re—” I fucked him through a messy orgasm.
Finally, Adrian taking the leap. It's one thing to fantasize about killing and eating someone, but it's entirely different actually doing so. I think it was written and tied together well, especially with Adrian's faith and how Jackson saw it. I do wish though to have had a peek into Adrian's head for his first time.
Anyway, that's another kill-together, eat-together cannibalistic couple to add to my list of favs <3
Your honor, they're in love you can't fault them for their atrocities.Jackson Monroe could call me a "good boy" and I'd lay myself out for him to make me their next victim.
Ravage is the sequel to Rapture so definitely read that one before reading Ravage as Adrian and Jackson are an established couple in this. Check TWs in both books!
Jackson's POV had me choked. Seeing Adrian through his eyes—the complete and utter love, obsession, and devotion? 20/10. Where can I get a man this devoted?
If he knew I would put a gun in my mouth if he asked. If he knew I would slit my wrists, or leap from a building, or douse myself in gasoline, he might’ve lost all faith in me.
How jealous God must be, watching me give all my faith to Adrian Price.
But not just Jackson, Adrian too. Being willing and at Jackson's mercy while having that man leashed? My god.
It drove me mad. His submission, his acquiescence, his eagerness to be pleased, to be used.
“Say it.”
“You’re my god,” he gasped out, shaking and whining.
“Again.”
“You’re my god, Jackson. You’re my god, you’re—” I fucked him through a messy orgasm.
Finally, Adrian taking the leap. It's one thing to fantasize about killing and eating someone, but it's entirely different actually doing so. I think it was written and tied together well, especially with Adrian's faith and how Jackson saw it. I do wish though to have had a peek into Adrian's head for his first time.
Anyway, that's another kill-together, eat-together cannibalistic couple to add to my list of favs <3
Your honor, they're in love you can't fault them for their atrocities.
Ravage is the sequel to Rapture so definitely read that one before reading Ravage as Adrian and Jackson are an established couple in this. Check TWs in both books!
April 22, 2024
Edited after author was found pretending to be latinx
April 20, 2024
update 20/04/24.
no longer supporting this author given what has come to light about them.
no longer supporting this author given what has come to light about them.
July 16, 2023
I consider myself very lucky bc I genuinely love the books I read but there is something about Saint’s writing that makes me absolutely, monstrously FERAL for this duet. I want to cram this down everyone’s throats and force feed them these gloriously deviant, brilliantly unhinged duo. I said on my tiktok that if no one takes another book rec from me except one, let it be this duet and I still stand by that
If you love dark romance to blend with horror elements you need to experience Rapture and Ravage by Saint Harlowe. It’s mixture of religious undertones and the obsession they have with each other is delicious and creates such a captivating story. I actually got 53% into Ravage and started it over because I couldn’t bear to part with Adrian and Jackson but the ending was *chefs kiss💋*
*Ravage is the second book with Rapture needing to be read first
If you love dark romance to blend with horror elements you need to experience Rapture and Ravage by Saint Harlowe. It’s mixture of religious undertones and the obsession they have with each other is delicious and creates such a captivating story. I actually got 53% into Ravage and started it over because I couldn’t bear to part with Adrian and Jackson but the ending was *chefs kiss💋*
*Ravage is the second book with Rapture needing to be read first
October 14, 2023
Adrian stepped into my ribcage lika a ghost returned to its grave. Settled there, comfortable and imminent.
(DEUTSCH WEITER UNTEN)
Like volume one totally disturbing and full of such black things you don’t want to imagine but can. Also the writing style was so stunning again.
I am just in love, that’s all I can say .... Except ... Check out content warnings because cannibalism is just one point of many that is there.
(DEUTSCH)
Wie Band eins total verstörend und voller so schwarzer Dinge, die man sich nicht vorstellen will, aber kann. Auch der Schreibstil war wieder so umwerfend.
Ich bin einfach verliebt, mehr kann ich nicht sagen ... außer ... Inhaltswarnungen ansehen, denn Kannibalismus ist nur ein Punkt von vielen, der dort steht.
(DEUTSCH WEITER UNTEN)
Like volume one totally disturbing and full of such black things you don’t want to imagine but can. Also the writing style was so stunning again.
I am just in love, that’s all I can say .... Except ... Check out content warnings because cannibalism is just one point of many that is there.
(DEUTSCH)
Wie Band eins total verstörend und voller so schwarzer Dinge, die man sich nicht vorstellen will, aber kann. Auch der Schreibstil war wieder so umwerfend.
Ich bin einfach verliebt, mehr kann ich nicht sagen ... außer ... Inhaltswarnungen ansehen, denn Kannibalismus ist nur ein Punkt von vielen, der dort steht.
March 27, 2024
“Horns are just as heavy as wings, little dove.”
4⭐️I enjoyed this second part of this duet as I really enjoyed his POV.
It was interesting to see the religious overtones enmeshed with their twisted sense of self. It was an extremely interesting angle that I really enjoyed.
Mega spicy and twisted. Not for the faint of heart but I liked it a lot!
4⭐️I enjoyed this second part of this duet as I really enjoyed his POV.
It was interesting to see the religious overtones enmeshed with their twisted sense of self. It was an extremely interesting angle that I really enjoyed.
Mega spicy and twisted. Not for the faint of heart but I liked it a lot!
July 21, 2023
boy's dinner
June 29, 2023
Could not be more obsessed with this series. Absolutely immaculate
June 10, 2023
He was every good thing God had ever crafted. Like the death of a star, I was pulled towards him. All his light, all his essence, expanding until it swallowed me.
This was such a fun requel to Rapture (my review) and pairs so perfectly with the first book. In this one, Jackson and Adrian are together - and its time for Adrian's first kill.
I loved Jackson's perspective on Adrian and his evolution in this book. It serves as a companion to the first book and Adrian's perspective on Jackson.
What a lovely, twisted thing to be entranced by someone, to be in love, and to be at peace with the fact that we made each other afraid.
Adrian and Jackson remain as messed up as they were in the first book, and that's where the draw lies. Their messed up natures feed off of each other, and creates a new, even more messed up whole - and that's the fun of this book.
Additionally, what I liked more about this book over the first book is that their relationship feels a little more organic here. They're still kind of pretentious when they talk to each other, but it's balanced out by a level of domesticity (that is, domesticity given they're two cannibalistic murderers in love, of course) that makes it so much more comfortable to read.
4.5/5 stars, rounded up to 5 stars, and I can't wait to read this again!
This was such a fun requel to Rapture (my review) and pairs so perfectly with the first book. In this one, Jackson and Adrian are together - and its time for Adrian's first kill.
I loved Jackson's perspective on Adrian and his evolution in this book. It serves as a companion to the first book and Adrian's perspective on Jackson.
What a lovely, twisted thing to be entranced by someone, to be in love, and to be at peace with the fact that we made each other afraid.
Adrian and Jackson remain as messed up as they were in the first book, and that's where the draw lies. Their messed up natures feed off of each other, and creates a new, even more messed up whole - and that's the fun of this book.
Additionally, what I liked more about this book over the first book is that their relationship feels a little more organic here. They're still kind of pretentious when they talk to each other, but it's balanced out by a level of domesticity (that is, domesticity given they're two cannibalistic murderers in love, of course) that makes it so much more comfortable to read.
4.5/5 stars, rounded up to 5 stars, and I can't wait to read this again!
February 12, 2025
Ok ignoring the stunt of the author, for a cannibalism novella it was good. The blood baptism series is one of my first lgbt+ erotica novella with cannibalism themes.
June 30, 2023
How jealous God must be, watching me give all my faith to Adrian Prince.
I feel like I've been training to dip my toe into this genre-meld of horror and erotica for a while. I'm a veteran of the A song of Ice & Fire fandom, one that recently got a big boom with the release of the House of The Dragon TV show, and have spent the better part of the last 6 months, or so, buried in what fandom spaces lovingly title as ⚰️ Dead Dove 🕊️ fanfiction and have discovered some things about my tastes and preferences.
Mostly that literature is the one place where I feel the most comfortable pushing my limits.
Saint Harlowe's RAVAGE is an exceptional story about men dancing on the razor's edge of obsession and passion, of savagery and cruelty, of pain and pleasure as we follow Jackson Monroe go about his life as a serial killer/cannibal and how he partakes as a part of that world while also feeding into his darkest aspects. We are in his head throughout the narrative and we truly get a glimpse of how depraved and devoted he is to his lover and protege, Adrian Prince.
I was utterly enraptured by Harlowe's use of religious imagery to convey such heinous, duplicitous acts of carnage and violence. I found myself perplexed and slightly horrified at the lengths Jackson would go to keep Adrian, to cage him, love him, taint him, save him. The stream-of-consciousness-like manner in which the narrative unfolds is one that kept me engaged from page one to the last one.
RAVAGE was the perfect way to dip my toes into this newfound world of erotica/horror and I cannot wait to read the other side of the story in the companion novella, RAPTURE, which I'm cracking open right now.
💖 Happy Pride, y'all! We deserve messy, dark, and problematic queer rep too & I will always stand by that statement 🏳️🌈
April 27, 2023
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🪵Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🥵Spice: 🌶️🌶️
✍️My Review: What a sequel! I find myself still in awe with how sweet Jackson is, he is utterly infatuated with Adrian and it’s nothing short of beautiful. This story makes murder and cannibalism seem poetic, but I’m sure that comes down to phenomenal writing style by Saint, you can’t help but be infatuated with both the main characters. Looking forward to more from this Author
🪵Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🥵Spice: 🌶️🌶️
✍️My Review: What a sequel! I find myself still in awe with how sweet Jackson is, he is utterly infatuated with Adrian and it’s nothing short of beautiful. This story makes murder and cannibalism seem poetic, but I’m sure that comes down to phenomenal writing style by Saint, you can’t help but be infatuated with both the main characters. Looking forward to more from this Author
April 26, 2023
4.5 stars. just because i’m too shy to put 5. i am embarrassed by how much i enjoyed this book. this series will be my dirty little beloved secret 🫡
my only qualm and why it isn’t 5 is how short it is. i wish there was more to savour, and more time i could spend with these intriguing characters.
my only qualm and why it isn’t 5 is how short it is. i wish there was more to savour, and more time i could spend with these intriguing characters.
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December 24, 2023i don’t think this was my series. i need to stop reading about people eating human flesh.
resourceful king.
resourceful king.
“I planned to slice the supple meat from her thighs and boil her bones for broth.”
December 8, 2025
𝐢 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐢’𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧. 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬.
October 1, 2023
Actually hoping we get a third installment to see how this really ends for these two.
February 18, 2024
This one was a lot . I enjoy but was really really violent .
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April 20, 2024edited: 21th april 2024
for those ootl: check this out.
for those ootl: check this out.
August 18, 2024
I unfortunately read this book before everything about Freydìs Moon came to light.
September 15, 2023
......Jackson and Adrian got SO much better in the second book! Omg this was so fucking delicious. Hearing from Jacksons POV was my favourite!
There was gore, blood, sex, ugh everything!!!
🌶🌶🌶🌶: this shit was so hot! Can't wait to read more from Saint! Your play with words is everything 🖤
There was gore, blood, sex, ugh everything!!!
🌶🌶🌶🌶: this shit was so hot! Can't wait to read more from Saint! Your play with words is everything 🖤
October 29, 2025
4 ⭐️
I feel weirdly sad finishing this book. It was filled with this kind of perverted obsession (not love, but isn't obsession just better?), and I crave it. or maybe I crave a god who loves me and answers me.
RIP adrian and jackson. you would have LOVED listening to 'strangers' by ethel cain, especially adrian. he would definitely say to jackson 'you're so handsome when I'm all over your mouth... (when I'm all over your mouth, when I'm all over your mouth).'
nd oh god, in your basement, I grow cold
thinking back to what I was always told: 'don't talk to strangers, or you might fall in love.' It's so them, and I wonder—will adrian end up eating jackson whole? I have so many unanswered questions, and I can't help but think about their inevitable tragic fate. for those weirdos, maybe it's a double suicide, or they die together after being exposed and chased by the police. I am a sucker for tragedy, sue me.
yhe intimacy of violence, the matching tattoos, their kills together, them eating parts of each other, them eating people together after murdering them—so sick. they truly match each other's madness.
second read: 4 stars I love jacksons pov!
“You’ll never need to seek forgiveness from me, understood? I’m a giving god.”
“I’m the only god you need. Say it.”
“You’re my god,”
I feel weirdly sad finishing this book. It was filled with this kind of perverted obsession (not love, but isn't obsession just better?), and I crave it. or maybe I crave a god who loves me and answers me.
RIP adrian and jackson. you would have LOVED listening to 'strangers' by ethel cain, especially adrian. he would definitely say to jackson 'you're so handsome when I'm all over your mouth... (when I'm all over your mouth, when I'm all over your mouth).'
nd oh god, in your basement, I grow cold
thinking back to what I was always told: 'don't talk to strangers, or you might fall in love.' It's so them, and I wonder—will adrian end up eating jackson whole? I have so many unanswered questions, and I can't help but think about their inevitable tragic fate. for those weirdos, maybe it's a double suicide, or they die together after being exposed and chased by the police. I am a sucker for tragedy, sue me.
yhe intimacy of violence, the matching tattoos, their kills together, them eating parts of each other, them eating people together after murdering them—so sick. they truly match each other's madness.
second read: 4 stars I love jacksons pov!
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April 21, 2024"We have Hannigram at home."
Hannigram at home:
Hannigram at home:
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