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- Content warnings: Racism/bigotry, Murder, Violence, Gore, Grief, Classism, Drowning, Panic attacks, Drugging, Death of loved one, Bullying
A Dark and Drowning Tide
by Allison Saft
Saft writes atmosphere you can taste - damp forests, old folklore, academic pettiness that melts into aching tenderness. The sapphic tension is exquisite.
goodreads 3.51/5 17,450 ratings
storykind_community 3.5/5 1 rating
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Length384 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice2/5 · Slow burn with late spice
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- F/F
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Slow burn with late spice
- Tension finally satisfied
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- Scholar/intellectual
- Banter
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Romantic fulfillment
- Rival / competitor
- Mutual pining
- Sweet / tender
- The swoon
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Class difference
- Longing glances
- Black cat x golden retriever
- Touch starvation
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Forest / wilderness
- High fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Rivals competing
- Spirits
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- Forced proximity
- Dragons
- Only one bed
- Hidden past revealed
- Adventure romance
- Forbidden love
Reading experience
- Third person
- Atmospheric
- Lyrical
- Moderate
- Bookworm/scholar
- Sapphic
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- Mysterious
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Jewish rep
- Romantic
- Lush
- Outcast/loner
- Dark
- Immersive
- Damaged survivor
- Adventurous
- Gothic
- Dark academia
- Folkloric
- Sapphic yearning
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Book details
- Length
- 384 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book