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- Content warnings: Anxiety, Panic attacks, Blood, Death, Grief, Parental death, Violence, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Trauma
A Taste of Gold and Iron
by Alexandra Rowland
Book 1 in Mahisti Dynasty
You'll witness two beautifully flawed characters find solace and love in each other while navigating a richly detailed political landscape.
goodreads 4.04/5 13,348 ratings
storykind_community 2/5 1 rating
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Length512 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice2/5 · Devastating slow-burn yearning - every accidental brush of hands during a bodyguard detail carries more heat than most explicit scenes, with emotion trembling just beneath propriety.
PacingSlow
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- M/M
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Devastating slow-burn yearning - every accidental brush of hands during a bodyguard detail carries more heat than most explicit scenes, with emotion trembling just beneath propriety.
- Tension finally satisfied
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- Morally gray
- Touch starvation
- Expanded empathy
- Secretly soft
- Hurt/comfort
- Body worship
- Romantic fulfillment
- Brooding prince
- Intellectual connection
- Longing glances
- He falls first
- Tension
- Protective love interest
- Possessive/protective
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Bodyguard/protection detail
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Humans only
- Secret relationship
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- Forced proximity
- Hidden identity
Reading experience
- Third person
- Slow
- Romantic
- Immersive
- Moderate
- Queer
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- Atmospheric
- Emotional
- Anxiety rep
- Tense
- Thoughtful
- Mental health rep
- Lush
- Hopeful
- Yearning
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 512 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book