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- Content warnings: Colonialism, Gore, Sexual assault (referenced), Torture, Violence, Death, Racism/bigotry, War, Kidnapping, Amputation, Execution, Grief
The Unbroken
by C.L. Clark
Book 1 in Magic of the Lost
Every choice between Touraine and Luca is also a choice about empire. The sapphic tension hurts because neither woman can pretend power is separate from desire.
Goodreads 3.8/5 14,415 ratings
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Length544 pages
Series statusCompleted series
Spice1/5 · Tension / anticipation focus
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- F/F
- Slow burn
- Low
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Intellectual satisfaction
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- Morally gray
- Forbidden love
- Tension
- The angst delivered
- Longing glances
- Power imbalance
- Reluctant allies to lovers
Fantasy promise
- Epic fantasy
- Big city / metropolis
- High fantasy
- Humans only
- Military camp
- Military romance
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- Royal court / palace
- Desert / frontier
- Political intrigue
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Tense
- Immersive
- Heavy
- High
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- Warrior/fighter
- Black MC
- Dark
- Raw
- Outcast/loner
- Bisexual love interest (LI)
- Intense
- Atmospheric
- Survivor
- Disabled love interest (LI)
- Emotional
- Dramatic
- Sapphic
- Lush
- Queer
- Epic
- Character-driven
- War-torn kingdom
- Survival against impossible odds
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Book details
- Length
- 544 pages
- Publisher
- Orbit
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book