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- Content warnings: Sexual assault, Rape, Torture, Child abuse (referenced), Domestic violence, Substance abuse, Animal death, Graphic violence, Death of a child, Death
Bones
by K.L. Speer
Book 1 in Bones
A traumatized healer with zero trust meets a found family crew led by a sunshine boy who slowly dismantles her walls -- all set against a brutal post-apocalyptic world that earns every ounce of its hope.
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storykind_community 4/5 2 ratings
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Length393 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · Emotionally intimate with tender on-page scenes; heat builds through trust and vulnerability
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Grumpy sunshine
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Emotionally intimate with tender on-page scenes; heat builds through trust and vulnerability
- The angst delivered
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- Golden retriever
- He falls first
- Touch starvation
- Cathartic release
- Secretly soft
- Anticipation
- Book hangover
- Protective love interest
- Hurt/comfort
- Tension
- Found family
- Possessive/protective
- Touch her and die
- Only soft for them
Fantasy promise
- Sci-fi romance
- Bunker / base / compound
- Post-apocalyptic
- Humans only
- Only one bed
- Enemies to lovers
Reading experience
- First person
- Dark
- Emotional
- Heavy
- High
- Survivor
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- Mental health rep
- Intense
- Raw
- Outcast/loner
- Atmospheric
- Hopeful
- Suspenseful
- Angsty
- Engaging
- Gritty
- Page turner
- Slow start explosive finish
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Book details
- Length
- 393 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book