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- Content warnings: Violence, Gore, War, Slavery, Captivity, Death, Graphic violence
When Gods Fall
by S.E. Bouvier
Book 1 in The Gifts of the Gods
Two sisters with opposing gifts are thrown into a war-torn world of dead gods and elemental magic - where the enemies hunting them might also be the ones worth falling for.
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Length568 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingFast
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
- Closed door / fade to black
- The angst delivered
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- Morally gray
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Tension finally satisfied
- Dark/tortured soul
- Tension
- Book hangover
- Warrior/fighter
- Push and pull
- Anticipation
- Forbidden love
- Longing glances
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- War front / rebellion
- High fantasy
- Gods/deities
- Forest / wilderness
- Mythological
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- Elementals
- Prison / captivity
- Survival romance
- Competition / games
- Adventure romance
- Games/trials romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Epic
- Immersive
- Heavy
- High
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- Healer
- Intense
- Dramatic
- Bookworm/scholar
- Adventurous
- Cinematic
- Dark
- Engaging
- Tense
- Atmospheric
- Deadly trials
- Page turner
- Sister bond
- Elemental magic
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Book details
- Length
- 568 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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