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- Content warnings: Violence, Death, Grief, Self-harm, Substance abuse, Domestic violence, Misogyny, Blood, Drugging, Sexual assault
To Kill a Fae
by Jamie A. Waters
Book 1 in The Dragon Portal
This is for the fae-court mood where the heroine has teeth, the love interests have agendas, and the plot keeps throwing debt, danger, and blood magic into the same room.
goodreads 4.08/5 2,855 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length368 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Slow burn
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Addictive read
- Mysterious stranger
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- Push and pull
- Tension / anticipation
- Found family feels
- Morally gray
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Longing glances
- Book hangover incoming
- Pirate captain
- Protective love interest
- Found family
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Fae romance
- Big city / metropolis
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Hidden identity
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- Forest / wilderness
- Urban fantasy
- Dragons
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Demons
- Forbidden love
- Portal fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Love triangle
- Heist romance
- Forced proximity
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Survivor
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- Mysterious
- Immersive
- Runaway / on the run
- Lush
- Royalty
- Romantic
- Suspenseful
- Witch/mage
- Magical
- Character-driven
- Deceptively deadly
- Adventurous
- Tense
- Fae courts and politics
- Forbidden desire
- Cliffhanger warning
- Morally complex
- Slow start explosive finish
- Heist energy
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Book details
- Length
- 368 pages
- Publisher
- Hidden Realms Publishing
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book