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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Rape
Marked
by Ruby Vincent
Book 1 in House of Cards
Valentina walks into Evergreen with a backbone, a secret, and four rich boys trying very hard to underestimate her. The hook is the slow-burn payback: every cruel little move turns into another reason she refuses to break.
goodreads 4.15/5 6,302 ratings
storykind_community 3/5 1 rating
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Length284 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 8 books
Spice2/5 · Tension / anticipation
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Why Choose / Reverse Harem
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Tension / anticipation
- The angst delivered
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- Morally gray
- Love/hate tension
- Slow seduction
- Adrenaline rush
- Possessive alpha
- Power imbalance
- Power dynamic
- Book hangover incoming
- Anti-hero
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Rival / competitor
- Possessive love interest
- Found family
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Reverse harem / why choose
- Academy / campus
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Secret society / club
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- Academy / school
- Bully romance
- Secret society
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Suspenseful
- Heavy
- Survivor
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- Angsty
- Fast-paced
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Emotional
- Damaged survivor
- Tense
- Outcast/loner
- Cliffhanger warning
- The long game
- Betrayal and forgiveness
- No one is safe
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 284 pages
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book