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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Violence, Torture, Slavery
Court of Monsters and Malice
by Eliza Raine
Book 3 in The Shadow Bound Queen
This is for the moment you want fae politics, mean little trials, and a romance that gets sharper every time Reyna and Mazrith are forced into the same room.
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Length280 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice3/5 · Tension / anticipation
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
- Medium
- Tension / anticipation
- Vicarious thrill
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- Fae prince
- Slow seduction
- Book hangover incoming
- Morally gray
- Forbidden love
- Longing glances
- The angst delivered
- Dark/tortured soul
- Power imbalance
- Passionate / intense
- Class difference
- Anticipation
- Push and pull
- Touch starvation
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Fae romance
- Royal court / palace
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Competition / games
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- Mythological
- Forced proximity
- High fantasy
- Forced to marry
- Political intrigue
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Adventurous
- Fast-paced
- Moderate
- Survivor
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- Dark
- Immersive
- Protector
- Magical
- Character-driven
- Reluctant hero
- Romantic
- Cinematic
- Suspenseful
- Tense
- Fae courts and politics
- Deadly trials
- Battle of wills
- Enemies forced to ally
- Cliffhanger warning
- Series binge material
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Book details
- Length
- 280 pages
- Publisher
- Logic in Creativity Ltd
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book