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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, War, Death, Torture, Betrayal, Manipulation, Sexual content
A Sword of Gilded Embers
by B.C. FaJohn
Book 2 in A Throne of Ice
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Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
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
- Passionate / intense
- The angst delivered
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- Fae prince
- Possessive / claiming
- Book hangover incoming
- Morally gray
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Emotional / loving
- Addictive read
- Warrior/fighter
- Possessive love interest
- Mine declarations
- King / ruling monarch
- Bound by honor
- Possessive/protective
- Marking hickeys
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Marking
- Claiming
- Possessive
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Fae romance
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Fae
- War front / rebellion
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- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Magic bond
- Forest / wilderness
- Cursed love interest
- Forbidden love
- Prophecy-driven love
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Intense
- Lush
- Heavy
- Witch/mage
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- Dark
- Dramatic
- Epic
- Atmospheric
- Reluctant chosen one
- Yearning
- Dangerous
- Immersive
- Fae courts and politics
- War-torn kingdom
- Bonds forged in war
- Cursed bloodline
- Cliffhanger warning
- No one is safe
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Book details
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book