Think twice if…
- Content warnings: PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Violence, War, Grief, Emotional abuse, Blood, Sexual assault (referenced), Panic attacks, Death, Torture, Alcohol use
The Right Thing to Do
by LovesBitca8
Book 1 in Rights and Wrongs
Slow-burn redemption romance that earns every inch of its eventual relief and proves fanfiction can hit harder than published fiction.
goodreads 4.27/5 19,331 ratings
storykind_community 3.5/5 2 ratings
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Length660 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · Emotional / loving
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
- Emotional / loving
- Cathartic release
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- Redeemed villain
- Intense / passionate
- Redemption arc
- Dark/tortured soul
- Mutual pining
- Slow burn with late spice
- Romantic fulfillment
- Morally gray
- Forbidden love
- Tender / sweet explicit
- The angst delivered
- Scholar/intellectual
- Redemption romance
- Emotional intimacy focus
- Book hangover
- Hurt/comfort
- Desperate / urgent
- The grovel delivered
- He falls first
- Tension
- Tension finally satisfied
- Betrayal to trust
- Anticipation
- Earned hope
- Only one who understands them
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Praise kink
- Longing glances
- Touch starvation
- Aftercare on page
- Rough but consensual
- Possessive
- Marking
- Claiming
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
Fantasy promise
- Fanfiction
- Big city / metropolis
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Forced proximity
- Workplace / office
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- Urban fantasy
- Second chance
- Workplace romance
- Right person wrong time
- Who hurt you
- Antihero romance
Reading experience
- Third person
- Emotional
- Heavy
- High
- Bookworm/scholar
- Anxiety rep
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- Angsty
- Introspective
- Career woman
- Depression rep
- Romantic
- Earnest
- Damaged survivor
- Mental health rep
- Intense
- Raw
- General badass
- Hopeful
- Atmospheric
- Cathartic
- Character-driven
- Dark
- Literary
- Brooding
- Yearning
- Redemption
- Betrayal and forgiveness
- The long game
- Morally complex
- Emotional devastation
- Will make you cry
- Page turner
- Gut punch ending
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Book details
- Length
- 660 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book