Luvian Code

by Hailey Gonzales

You thought Cupids were all about romance? Think again.

Theodosius has been a self-love Cupid for centuries. He’s good at his job because of how much he loves humans. He hates sexual love Cupids, known as Eros Cupids, because of how cocky they are and he’s perfectly content to avoid them until Kai- an Eros Cupid- comes along and destroys everything. Kai purposefully fires at the wrong mark- breaking sacred Cupid code. Now Theodosius is paired with the arrogant Kai and must find a way to prove to him the seven loves are equal or risk being stuck with him for eternity. He can already feel a headache coming his way.

Luvian Code is a novella in a series of novellas with aromantic and asexual characters.

Genres: Novella, LGBT

Kindle Edition

First published January 7, 2019

About the author

Hailey Gonzales lives in a small town in California. She adores her dog, Miley, who is the cutest animal in the multiverse. Hailey enjoys writing Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, and occasionally, Contemporary. But most of all, she loves to write about found family.

Reviews

[Raven Zunez · Rating 5 out of 5]

This novella was well paced. You could really see the friendship bloom between the two characters. Mishal and Zara were wonderful side characters. I hope to see them in future books. I was amazed at how easily it was to picture this world the author has built. The worldbuilding was nice and believable.

[George · Rating 5 out of 5]

Glad to have books not about romance. Amatonormativity is real lol. I reslly liked the friendship between Theodosius and Kai. It was an interesting take on Cupids.

[Veronica · Rating 5 out of 5]

A unique story! I loved Mishal. He's my spirit animal lol

[Cheyenne · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 ⭐ CW: Homophobia, child abuse, bullying

Luvian Code by Hailey Gonzales is book one in the Battalion Cupids series. This was a great little novella about different types of cupids representing the seven different kinds of love. It was a sweet story.

We follow Theodosious, a Philautia cupid (Philautia is self-love). When a fledgling Eros cupid (cupid of romantic and sexual love) cuts in on his turf and shoots a human with an Eros arrow against the luvian Code, Theodosious is saddled with Kai's mentor to get him on the right path. In the process, he finds out about a larger plot by another cupid trying to bring back a more chaotic time.

Theo teaches Kai about the importance of the different types of love, and how romantic and sexual love isn't better or more important than any other. He helps Kai with a lot of healing too. I love that the author normalized asexuality and aromantic identities in this story, and respected that about the humans.

This is my second Hailey Gonzales book, and her books are always so sweet and have great acespec and arospec representation. I definitely will read other books by her.

[Terrance · Rating 5 out of 5]

I adored this book. Theodosius really shined as a main character. Though this is a novella, the world building was strong. I loved the side characters, particularly Mishal. I would love it if a sequel came out. And I loved the representation of aromantic, asexual, and gay characters.

[Dreamkiller]

A good novella! I loved all the characters.

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[Joey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute story!

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish there had been more depth to this even with the short length.