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- Content warnings: Bullying, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, PTSD, Self-harm, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Toxic relationships, Parental death
The Lost Sisters
by Holly Black
It reframes Taryn without asking you to forgive her, and that is the whole point. In 50 pages, it makes the Folk of the Air family damage feel even messier.
goodreads 3.34/5 114,770 ratings
storykind_community 3.4/5 10 ratings
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Length50 pages
Story statusCompleted
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Betrayal to trust
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Established relationship
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Perspective shift
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- Fae prince
- Forbidden love
- Expanded empathy
- Morally gray
- Obsessive love interest
- The angst delivered
- Villain
- Love/hate tension
- Secretly soft
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Power imbalance
Fantasy promise
- Ya fantasy
- Royal court / palace
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Secret relationship
- High fantasy
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- Goblins
- Hidden identity
- Villain gets the girl
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Introspective
- Moderate
- Eerie
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- Deceptively deadly
- Mysterious
- Emotional
- Femme fatale
- Melancholic
- Atmospheric
- Raw
- Brooding
- Bittersweet
- Fae courts and politics
- Morally complex
- Betrayal and forgiveness
- Forbidden desire
- Court of shadows
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Book details
- Length
- 50 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book