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- Content warnings: Violence, Forced institutionalization, Parental abuse, War, Pregnancy loss / miscarriage
The Warrior Midwife
by E.P. Bali
Book 1 in The Warrior Midwife
She's the Man meets Sarah J. Maas - a princess-midwife goes undercover at a fae warrior academy and has to share a dorm room with the prince she's been forced to marry.
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Length335 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Book 1 is a slow burn with no on-page spice - the romance is all tension and stolen glances while the female main character (FMC) is disguised as a boy at the fae academy. Spice begins in book 2 of the series.
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
- Low
- Book 1 is a slow burn with no on-page spice - the romance is all tension and stolen glances while the female main character (FMC) is disguised as a boy at the fae academy. Spice begins in book 2 of the series.
- Adrenaline rush
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- Fae prince
- Love/hate tension
- Tension
- Feral brain activated
- Brooding prince
- Banter
- Anticipation
- Addictive read
- Morally gray
- Fated mates
- Longing glances
- Warrior/fighter
- Push and pull
- Touch starvation
- Reluctant allies to lovers
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Academy / campus
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Royal court / palace
- Fae realm / faerie courts
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- Arranged marriage
- Forest / wilderness
- Academy / school
- Fae romance
- Hidden identity
- Forced proximity
- Secret power
- Found family
- Training partners to lovers
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Adventurous
- Conversational
- Moderate
- BIPOC MC
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- Mysterious
- Engaging
- Healer
- Romantic
- Immersive
- Deceptively deadly
- Intense
- Dramatic
- Runaway / on the run
- Magical
- Comfort read vibes
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Book details
- Length
- 335 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book