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- Content warnings: Slavery, Violence, Torture, Death, Kidnapping, Abuse, Blood, Gore
A Kingdom of Exiles
by S.B. Nova
Book 1 in Outcast
A human girl chained and dragged into a fae kingdom of warriors, witches, and rebels - and the slow-burn forbidden romance that grows out of all that danger. If you read SJM and wanted more found family and a heroine who turns her cage into the start of a revolution, this delivers.
goodreads 4.14/5 7,145 ratings
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Length600 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice2/5 · Slow seduction
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Slow seduction
- Found family feels
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- Warrior/fighter
- Tension / anticipation
- The angst delivered
- Fae prince
- Mutual pining
- Longing glances
- Book hangover
- Protective love interest
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Romantic fulfillment
- Found family
- Earned hope
- Class difference
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Fae romance
- Prison / captivity
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Captive romance
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- High fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Fated mates
- Competition romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Dark
- Lush
- Heavy
- High
- Survivor
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- Romantic
- Immersive
- Reluctant chosen one
- Adventurous
- Emotional
- Outcast/loner
- Atmospheric
- Magical
- Tense
- Yearning
- Fae courts and politics
- Deadly trials
- Underground rebellion
- Forbidden desire
- Cursed bloodline
- War-torn kingdom
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Book details
- Length
- 600 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book