A review by sunshinestark
In the Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland

5.0

In a world where bloodmages are strictly controlled, bound to ghostly guardians in order to keep them in line, Rovan has always hid what she is so she's not forced into a life she doesn't want. But one day she uses her powers without thinking to save someone's life and her entire world is upended. Thrust into a life she's always feared, Rovan is bound to a guardian against her will. At first she resents their bond, but as time passes she begins to realize their goals may be more aligned than she thought and perhaps she doesn't hate him like she thought she once did. As she struggles to figure out which path forward to take, she's also falling in love with a bloodmage princess whose family is at the center of a deadly conspiracy that's threatening not only the lives of the living but those of the dead, and the very land beneath them that's been suffering from the Blight. 

In the Ravenous Dark is a delightful polyamorous love story twined with blood, magic, and death featuring a host of wonderful queer characters you'll fall in love with as they incite a rebellion in order to save  the worlds of both the living and dead from a terrible evil. You won't want to miss this one.