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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, War, Death, Death of loved one, Grief, Torture, Captivity, Trauma, Betrayal, Sexual content
Hunt for the White Witch
by C.R. Lee
Book 2 in Kingdoms of Light and Shadow
If book one hooked you, book two is the slow grovel and the steamy reckoning. Katya is a leader now, Aemon is a man trying to earn his place back, and the king is the kind of villain you want to watch fall.
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Length470 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
- Betrayal to trust
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Established relationship
- High
- Passionate / intense
- The angst delivered
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- Morally gray
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- The grovel delivered
- Warrior/fighter
- Possessive love interest
- Possessive / claiming
- Tension finally satisfied
- Redeemed villain
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Desperate / urgent
- Addictive read
- Dark/tortured soul
- Love/hate tension
- Tension / anticipation
- Redemption arc
- Protective love interest
- Possessive/protective
- Marking hickeys
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Wall pinning
- Possessive
- Claiming
- Marking
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Second chance
- War front / rebellion
- High fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Forbidden love
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- Royal court / palace
- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Rivals to lovers
- Forest / wilderness
- Captive romance
- Fated mates
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Intense
- Heavy
- Witch/mage
- MC 20-30
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- Dark
- Fast-paced
- Rebel leader / revolutionary
- Epic
- Dramatic
- Dangerous
- Atmospheric
- Damaged survivor
- Immersive
- General badass
- Angsty
- Character-driven
- Yearning
- War-torn kingdom
- Underground rebellion
- Betrayal and forgiveness
- Redemption
- Morally complex
- Page turner
- Cliffhanger warning
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Book details
- Length
- 470 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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