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- Content warnings: Graphic violence, Death, Death of loved one, Parental abandonment, Kidnapping, Betrayal, Childhood trauma, Injury detail
Hearts Forged in Dragon Fire
by Erica Hollis
Sapphic YA where the dragon is a real threat, not a love interest. Lotte and Maryse have actual chemistry and the betrayal subplot delivers.
Goodreads 3.7/5 179 ratings
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Length406 pages
Story statusStandalone
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
- Slow burn
- F/F
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- The swoon
- Love/hate tension
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- Sweet / tender
- Earned hope
- Mutual pining
- Slow burn with late spice
- Tension finally satisfied
- Forbidden love
- Longing glances
- Found family feels
- Experienced x innocent
- Tension
- Anticipation
- First time/virgin romance
Fantasy promise
- Ya fantasy
- Dragon romance
- Small town / village
- High fantasy
- Dragons
- Mountain / highlands
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- Found family
- Adventure romance
- Hidden past revealed
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Adventurous
- Witty
- Moderate
- Damaged survivor
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- Sapphic
- Tense
- Engaging
- Monster tamer / beast bonded
- Queer
- Yearning
- Character-driven
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Atmospheric
- Earnest
- Outcast/loner
- Dramatic
- Romantic
- Dangerous
- Protect at all costs
- Bargain with consequences
- Page turner
- Morally complex
- No one is safe
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Book details
- Length
- 406 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book