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- Content warnings: Death of a parent, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Animal death, Gore, Blood, Fire, Murder, Injury detail, Body horror, Amputation, Torture, Religious bigotry
These Feathered Flames
by Alexandra Overy
Book 1 in These Feathered Flames
The sister bond cuts deeper than the court betrayals, and Asya's slow-burn bodyguard romance gives the blood-soaked magic one soft place to land.
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Length496 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 2 books
Spice1/5 · Gentle / romantic
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
- Gentle / romantic
- The angst delivered
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- Warrior/fighter
- Grumpy sunshine
- Tension / anticipation
- Book hangover incoming
- Protector
Fantasy promise
- Ya fantasy
- Fairytale retelling
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Phoenixes
- Forest / wilderness
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- Bodyguard/protection detail
- Princess x bodyguard
- Political intrigue
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Magical
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Royalty
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- Sapphic
- Tense
- Lush
- Reluctant chosen one
- Queer
- Emotional
- Atmospheric
- Queen / ruling monarch
- Teen MC (under 20)
- Mythic
- Character-driven
- Dark
- Reluctant royalty
- Power corrupts
- Cliffhanger warning
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 496 pages
- Publisher
- Inkyard Press
- Language
- English
- Format
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