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- Content warnings: Parental abuse, Self-harm, Suicidal ideation, Body horror, Gore, Blood, Death, Drowning, Grief, Trauma, Child abuse (referenced)
Lakesedge
by Lyndall Clipstone
Book 1 in World at the Lake's Edge
If you want gothic atmosphere, a tender first love, and a death god lurking in cursed water, Lakesedge delivers all three in lyrical prose.
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length384 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 2 books
Spice1/5 · Sweet / tender
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Sweet / tender
- Tension finally satisfied
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- Cursed
- Hurt/comfort
- Tension / anticipation
- The swoon
- Dark/tortured soul
- Only one who understands them
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Beautiful grief
- Secretly soft
- Mutual pining
- Longing glances
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Ear whispers / breath on neck
- Neck kisses / neck touching
Fantasy promise
- Ya fantasy
- Beauty and the beast
- Manor house / estate
- Gothic
- Gods/deities
- Forest / wilderness
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- High fantasy
- Monsters
- Cursed love interest
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Fairytale retelling
- First love
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Damaged survivor
- Mental health rep
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- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Outcast/loner
- Dreamy
- Caretaker
- Haunting
- Poetic
- Yearning
- Lush
- Eerie
- Brooding
- Cursed bloodline
- Haunted castle
- Bargain with consequences
- Sacrifice for love
- Beauty and the Beast retelling
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Book details
- Length
- 384 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book