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- Content warnings: Domestic violence, Emotional abuse, Medical experimentation, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Graphic violence, Death, Human trafficking, Trauma, Sexual content
Aurora Blazing
by Jessie Mihalik
Book 2 in Consortium Rebellion
space opera second chance with a widow spymaster heroine who is smarter than everyone around her
Goodreads 4.1/5 7,937 ratings
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Length400 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Betrayal to trust
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Tension finally satisfied
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- Protector
- Love/hate tension
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- The swoon
- Warrior/fighter
- Tension / anticipation
- Adrenaline rush
- Secretly soft
- Protective love interest
- Longing glances
- Earned hope
- Morally gray
- Intellectual connection
- Slow burn with late spice
- Romantic fulfillment
- Intense / passionate
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Wall pinning
- Touch starvation
Fantasy promise
- Sci-fi romance
- Second chance
- Space station / spaceship / colony
- Space/sci-fi
- Humans only
- Forced proximity
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- Ship / at sea
- The one that got away
- Royal court / palace
- Rivals to lovers
- Adventure romance
- Hidden past revealed
- Right person wrong time
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Adventurous
- Fast-paced
- Moderate
- Medium
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- Royalty
- MC 20-30
- Thrilling
- Witty
- Spy/thief
- Tense
- Engaging
- Widow
- Romantic
- Cinematic
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Intense
- Banter-heavy
- Ambitious schemer
- Suspenseful
- Immersive
- Damaged survivor
- Dramatic
- Epic
- The long game
- Political intrigue
- Enemies forced to ally
- Bargain with consequences
- Betrayal and forgiveness
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Book details
- Length
- 400 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book