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- Content warnings: Blood, Captivity, Death, Dubious consent, Graphic violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault (referenced), Trauma, Violence, War, Murder, Sexual content
A Strange Hymn
by Laura Thalassa
Book 2 in The Bargainer
The fae court mystery deepens while Callie and Des navigate a relationship built on bargains, desire, and dangerous secrets. It keeps the romance hot while making the world bigger and stranger.
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Length390 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice4/5 · Intense / passionate
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Fated mates
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Established relationship
- High
- Intense / passionate
- The angst delivered
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Forbidden love
- Possessive / claiming style
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Power imbalance
- Rough / aggressive style
- Book boyfriend/girlfriend acquired
- Possessive alpha
- Possessive love interest
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Fae prince
- Protective love interest
- Tension / anticipation focus
- King / ruling monarch
- Hurt/comfort
- Possessive/protective
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Mine declarations
- Touch starvation
- Tension
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Possessive
- Marking
- Claiming
- Dominance
- Magic-infused intimacy
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Royal court / palace
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Soulmate/destined bond
- Forest / wilderness
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- High fantasy
- Mermaids/sirens
- Magic bond
- Dark romance
- Survival romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Mysterious
- Edgy
- Heavy
- Siren
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- Brooding
- Dark
- Survivor
- Atmospheric
- Seductive
- Immersive
- Romantic
- Intense
- Bargain with consequences
- Fae courts and politics
- Forbidden desire
- Court of shadows
- Morally complex
- Cliffhanger warning
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 390 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book