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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Death, Grief, Torture, Kidnapping, Manipulation, Blood, Captivity, Sexual content
Hollow
by Caroline Peckham
Book 1 in Crown of Hearts and Chaos
morally gray necromancer prince + ruthless FMC + a cursed hunt that gets darker every page
goodreads 4.06/5 19,724 ratings
storykind_community 3.14/5 7 ratings
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Length560 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Addictive read
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- Villain
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Possessive / claiming
- Tension finally satisfied
- Dark/tortured soul
- Love/hate tension
- Rough / primal
- Feral brain activated
- Morally gray
- Obsessive love interest
- Dirty talk heavy
- Obsessed
- Fae prince
- Predator x prey
- Tension / anticipation
- Book hangover incoming
- Push and pull
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Wall pinning
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Mine declarations
- Tension
- Possessive
- Marking
- Claiming
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Power exchange
Fantasy promise
- Dark fantasy
- Forest / wilderness
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Villain gets the girl
- Competition / games
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- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Necromancers
- Fae romance
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Ghosts
- Competition romance
- Spirits
- Games/trials romance
- Undead
- Dark romance
- Forbidden love
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Heavy
- Intense
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- Rebel leader / revolutionary
- Fast-paced
- Vengeful / revenge-driven
- Seductive
- Immersive
- Feral/unhinged
- Feral
- Dangerous
- Brooding
- Haunting
- Forbidden desire
- Deadly trials
- Tournament arc
- Cursed bloodline
- Bargain with consequences
- Bonds forged in war
- Enchanted forest
- Cliffhanger warning
- Morally complex
- Addictive pacing
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 560 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book