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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Gore, Death, Torture, Kidnapping, Captivity, Manipulation, Betrayal, Trauma, Sexual content
Game of Hate and Lies
by L.J. Andrews
Book 5 in The Broken Kingdoms
Memory-loss angst plus thieves-guild schemes plus a queen fighting to remember a love that was stolen from her king. The Kryv reunion delivers.
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Length380 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 9 books
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Fated mates
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Rekindled
- High
- Passionate / intense
- The angst delivered
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Morally gray x morally gray
- Possessive / claiming
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Possessive love interest
- Emotional / loving
- The swoon
- Assassin/spy
- Betrayal to trust
- Desperate / urgent
- Earned hope
- Warrior/fighter
- Partners in crime
- Mine declarations
- Addictive read
- Cursed
- Found family
- Possessive/protective
- Book hangover
- Marking hickeys
- Tension
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Marking
- Claiming
- Possessive
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Second chance
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Humans only
- Underground / underworld
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- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Amnesia
- War front / rebellion
- Fairytale retelling
- Rescue romance
- Captive romance
- Marriage of convenience
- Secret heir/royalty
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Dramatic
- Heavy
- Queen / ruling monarch
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- Intense
- Atmospheric
- Epic
- General badass
- Vengeful / revenge-driven
- Fast-paced
- Feral
- Yearning
- Thieves guild
- War-torn kingdom
- Cinderella retelling
- Bonds forged in war
- Betrayal and forgiveness
- The long game
- Page turner
- Binge read
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Book details
- Length
- 380 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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