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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Parental death, Abandonment
Dark Summer
by Lizzy Ford
Book 1 in The Witchling
Come for the witchling boarding-school drama; stay because Summer's first real chance at belonging is tangled up with the boy who might cost her soul.
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Length262 pages
Series statusCompleted series
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Instant attraction
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Book hangover incoming
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Star-crossed
- Tension / anticipation
- Mysterious stranger
- Protective love interest
- Longing glances
- Slow burn
- Only one who understands them
Fantasy promise
- Ya fantasy
- Academy / school
- Academy / campus
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Forest / wilderness
- Low fantasy / secret magic
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- Psychics
- Magic bond
- Prophecy-driven love
- Star-crossed lovers
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Magical
- Conversational
- Moderate
- Witch/mage
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- Teen MC (under 20)
- Angsty
- Fast-paced
- Outcast/loner
- Mysterious
- Dramatic
- Survivor
- Romantic
- Chosen one burden
- Forbidden desire
- Bargain with consequences
- Cliffhanger warning
- Series binge material
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Book details
- Length
- 262 pages
- Publisher
- Guerrilla Wordfare
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book