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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Sexual assault (referenced), Death, Depression, War, Blood, Anxiety, Suicidal ideation, Gaslighting, Manipulation
Darkness Comes Again
by K.M. Davidson
Book 1 in The Sirians
Hidden-magic FMC sent to heal a sick prince in a kingdom that has not allowed her kind in centuries. Slow-burn romance with a knight, dark academia tones, and an Abyss seeping through the mountains.
goodreads 4.2/5 313 ratings
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Length389 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice2/5 · Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Slow burn
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Found family feels
- Knight/paladin
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- Friends to lovers
- Tension / anticipation
- Tension finally satisfied
- Protective love interest
- Found family
- Slow burn with late spice
- The angst delivered
- Secretly soft
- Mutual pining
- Longing glances
- Addictive read
- Forbidden love
- Tension
- Class difference
- Anticipation
- Ear whispers / breath on neck
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Humans only
- Hidden identity
- Academy / campus
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- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Castle / fortress
- Hidden past revealed
Reading experience
- First person
- Mysterious
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Witch/mage
- Mental health rep
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- Emotional
- Outcast/loner
- Anxiety rep
- Intense
- Immersive
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Yearning
- Character-driven
- Reluctant hero
- Dark
- Damaged survivor
- Forbidden knowledge
- Slow descent into darkness
- The long game
- Court of shadows
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 389 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book