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- Content warnings: Death, Grief, Parental death, Poverty, Violence, Trauma, Blood, Gun violence, Murder
Nocturne
by Alyssa Wees
A gothic ballet fantasy for readers who want Phantom of the Opera shadows, Beauty and the Beast ache, and a love story that feels more cursed than cozy.
goodreads 3.24/5 2,295 ratings
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Length256 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingSlow
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Power imbalance
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Beautiful grief
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- Mysterious stranger
- Forbidden love
- Slow seduction
- Book hangover
- Cursed
- Tension / anticipation
- Perspective shift
- Beast / monster
- Only one who understands them
- Longing glances
- Touch starvation
- Tension
- Anticipation
Fantasy promise
- Gothic romance
- Beauty and the beast
- Circus / theatre / performance troupe
- Historical
- Gods/deities
- Big city / metropolis
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- Spirits
- Fairytale retelling
- Manor house / estate
- Other
- Cursed love interest
Reading experience
- Third person
- Slow
- Haunting
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Medium
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- Performer
- Gothic
- Survivor
- Romantic
- Dreamy
- Artist/creative
- Melancholic
- Atmospheric
- Poetic
- Introspective
- Forbidden desire
- Beauty and the Beast retelling
- Hades and Persephone retelling
- Haunted castle
- Emotional devastation
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Book details
- Length
- 256 pages
- Publisher
- Del Rey
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book