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- Content warnings: Blood, Gore, Violence, Death, Murder, Torture, Trauma, Grief, Racism/bigotry, Death of loved one
Misrule
by Heather Walter
Book 2 in Malice Duology
A Sleeping Beauty retelling where the dark fairy and the princess fall for each other - and then everything goes sideways. The angst is earned, the moral complexity is real, and the bittersweet ending will haunt you.
goodreads 3.73/5 11,607 ratings
Quick fit
Is this story right for you?
A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length454 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Emotional tension and yearning over physical
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- F/F
- Slow burn
- Low
- Emotional tension and yearning over physical
- The angst delivered
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- Forbidden love
- Beautiful grief
- Star-crossed
- Earned hope
- Morally gray x morally gray
- Cathartic release
- Villain x villain
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Forest / wilderness
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
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- Villain gets the girl
- Fairytale retelling
- Cursed love interest
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Heavy
- High
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- Villain protagonist
- Sapphic
- Angsty
- Lyrical
- Outcast/loner
- Queer
- Emotional
- Morally gray
- Bittersweet
- Romantic
- Immersive
- Gothic
- Intense
- Forbidden desire
- Page turner
- Sleeping Beauty retelling
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Book details
- Length
- 454 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book