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- Content warnings: Violence, Blood, Grief
Calamity
by Constance Fay
Book 1 in Uncharted Hearts
Bramble's first book swings for the fences - found family on a dying ship, a heroine who keeps making the worst possible call, and a love interest who is basically a sci-fi grump. If you wanted Firefly to commit to the romance, this is it.
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Length320 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
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Addictive read
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- Morally gray
- Banter
- Playful / funny
- Tension finally satisfied
- Brooding prince
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Tension / anticipation
- The swoon
- Warrior/fighter
- Tension
- Found family feels
- Anticipation
- Wall pinning
- Playful banter
Fantasy promise
- Sci-fi romance
- Forced proximity
- Ship / at sea
- Space/sci-fi
- Humans only
- Space station / spaceship / colony
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- Found family
- Competence porn
- Adventure romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Adventurous
- Witty
- Moderate
- Medium
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- Pirate/captain
- Playful
- Banter-heavy
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Sarcastic
- Swoony
- Fast-paced
- Adventurer
- Thrilling
- Cinematic
- Humorous
- Heist energy
- Page turner
- Addictive pacing
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 320 pages
- Publisher
- Bramble
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book