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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, War, Death, Kidnapping, Torture, Sexual content
A Sabre in the Hemlock
by Dorothy Dreyer
Book 2 in Blade Bound Saga
Book two raises the stakes without losing the Celeste-Dante payoff: more kingdoms, more magic, more stolen moments, and much worse consequences.
goodreads 4.59/5 74 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length510 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Frequent explicit scenes
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Frequent explicit scenes
- The angst delivered
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- Brooding prince
- Forbidden love
- Passionate / intense
- Reluctant hero
- Protective love interest
- Desperate / urgent
- Taboo / forbidden
- He falls first
- Longing glances
- Only soft for them
- Tension
- Wall pinning
- Mine declarations
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Possessive
- Dominance
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Fae romance
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Arranged marriage
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- War front / rebellion
- Mermaids/sirens
- Competition / games
- Monsters
- Forced alliance
- Castle / fortress
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Games/trials romance
- Touch her and die
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Intense
- Cinematic
- Heavy
- Warrior/fighter
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- Queer
- Dramatic
- Immersive
- Queen / ruling monarch
- BIPOC MC
- Dark
- Fast-paced
- Blood mage / forbidden magic user
- Interracial romance
- Romantic
- Thrilling
- Suspenseful
- Epic
- Fae courts and politics
- Political intrigue
- Forbidden desire
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 510 pages
- Publisher
- Crimson Fox Publishing
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book