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- Content warnings: Sexual assault, Rape, Violence, Domestic violence, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Captivity, Substance abuse, Racism/bigotry, Poverty, War
Santa Olivia
by Jacqueline Carey
Book 1 in Santa Olivia
Jacqueline Carey trades her lush Kushiel prose for stripped-down storytelling about a fearless girl born of genetic engineering in a militarized border town. The F/F romance between Loup and Pilar is quiet, devoted, and deeply earned - and its the love story that ultimately drives the rebellion.
Goodreads 3.9/5 9,192 ratings
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Length341 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Tension
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- F/F
- Slow burn
- Low
- Tension
- Earned hope
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- Protective love interest
- Anticipation
- Cathartic release
- Longing glances
- Romantic fulfillment
- Found family
- Touch starvation
- Vicarious thrill
- She falls first
Fantasy promise
- Urban fantasy
- Small town / village
- Dystopian
- Humans only
- Military camp
- Desert / frontier
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- Opposites attract
- Devotion
- Sacrifice/martyrdom
- Survival romance
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Gritty
- Sparse
- Heavy
- High
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- General badass
- Sapphic
- Intense
- Raw
- Warrior/fighter
- Latinx MC
- Romantic
- Cinematic
- Outcast/loner
- BIPOC MC
- Hopeful
- Warm
- Survivor
- Working class
- Atmospheric
- Dramatic
- Brooding
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 341 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book