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- Content warnings: Animal abuse, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of loved one, Graphic violence, Grief, Physical abuse, Trauma, Violence, War
Fireborne
by Rosaria Munda
Book 1 in The Aurelian Cycle
Fireborne gives you dragon riders, revolution fallout, and the kind of childhood-friends tension that hurts because politics keep making it worse. The romance stays closed-door; the class war does not.
goodreads 3.89/5 35,265 ratings
storykind_community 3.75/5 4 ratings
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Length432 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice1/5 · Closed door
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Childhood friends
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Closed door
- The angst delivered
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- Dragon rider
- Forbidden love
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Adrenaline rush
- Dark/tortured soul
- Class difference
- Longing glances
- Book hangover incoming
- Reluctant hero
- Mutual pining
- Tension
- Hidden royalty
- Rivals to lovers
- Anticipation
Fantasy promise
- Ya fantasy
- Competition romance
- Academy / campus
- High fantasy
- Dragons
- Games/trials romance
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- War front / rebellion
- Dystopian
- Humans only
- Friends to lovers
- Royal court / palace
- Academy / school
- Rivals competing
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Suspenseful
- Immersive
- Heavy
- High
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- Working class
- Intense
- Atmospheric
- Survivor
- Brooding
- Thoughtful
- Warrior/fighter
- Angsty
- Dramatic
- Epic
- Earnest
- Emotional
- Tense
- War-torn kingdom
- Political intrigue
- Deadly trials
- Tournament arc
- Bonds forged in war
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 432 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book