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- Content warnings: Violence, Grief, War, Trauma, Sexism, Abandonment, Death
The Mapmaker's War
by Ronlyn Domingue
Book 1 in Keeper of Tales Trilogy
A fairy-tale autobiography told in second person that reads like a meditation on exile, motherhood, and the maps we draw of our own hearts. Utterly unlike anything else on your shelf.
Goodreads 3.6/5 914 ratings
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Length226 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice2/5 · Slow / sensual
PacingSlow
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Star-crossed
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Delayed romance
- Medium
- Slow / sensual
- Cathartic release
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- Warrior/fighter
- Class difference
- Emotional / loving
- Beautiful grief
- Mysterious stranger
- Cultural difference
- Tender / sweet explicit
- Expanded empathy
- Reluctant hero
- Hurt/comfort
- Tension
- Growth-focused
- Betrayal to trust
- Longing glances
- Perspective shift
- Forbidden love
- Touch starvation
Fantasy promise
- Literary fiction
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Humans only
- Second chance
- Forest / wilderness
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- Mythological
- Forced alliance
- Cottage / cabin / homestead
- Healing romance
- Sacrifice/martyrdom
Reading experience
- Second person
- Slow
- Introspective
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- High
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- Bookworm/scholar
- Bittersweet
- Poetic
- Adventurer
- Magical
- Outcast/loner
- Melancholic
- Contemplative
- Runaway / on the run
- Epic
- Immersive
- Protector
- Dreamy
- Mythic
- Lush
- Mythic and meditative
- Fairy-tale autobiography
- Exile and motherhood
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Book details
- Length
- 226 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book