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- Content warnings: Blood, Captivity, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Toxic relationships, Trauma, Violence, War, Parental abuse
Rise of the Cinder Fae
by Whitney Dean
Book 1 in Dark Hearts Fairytale Retellings
goodreads 4/5 1,631 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 1 rating
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Length676 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- The angst delivered
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- Brooding prince
- Mutual pining
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Book hangover
- Dark/tortured soul
- Forbidden love
- Possessive / claiming
- Obsessed
- Possessive alpha
- Slow seduction
- Tension finally satisfied
- Secretly soft
- He falls first
- Rough / primal
- Only soft for them
- Praise kink
- Push and pull
- Possessive/protective
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Body worship
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Mine declarations
- Possessive
- Claiming
- Dominance
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Bonding/claiming/marking
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Arranged marriage
- Royal court / palace
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Fairytale retelling
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- Forest / wilderness
- High fantasy
- Forced proximity
- Small town / village
- Hidden identity
- Secret heir/royalty
- Secret relationship
- Blood feud romance
- Found family
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Dark
- Emotional
- Heavy
- Reluctant chosen one
- Romantic
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- Atmospheric
- Survivor
- Intense
- Immersive
- Royalty
- Dramatic
- Fallen noble / disgraced heir
- Angsty
- Mysterious
- Epic
- Fae courts and politics
- Cinderella retelling
- Forbidden desire
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Book details
- Length
- 676 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book