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- Content warnings: Death of loved one, Grief, Violence, Death
Wildewood
by Jessica Thorne
Atmospheric Irish manor + suspicious hot groundskeeper + ancestral curse you can't outrun. The setting does half the work.
Goodreads 3.7/5 432 ratings
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Length366 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice3/5 · Slow seduction
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)
- Medium
- Slow seduction
- Tension finally satisfied
- Mysterious stranger
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- Mutual pining
- Tension / anticipation
- Earned hope
- Brooding prince
- Only one who understands them
- Longing glances
- The swoon
- Protective love interest
- Possessive/protective
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Wall pinning
- Ear whispers / breath on neck
- Eye contact intensity
Fantasy promise
- Gothic romance
- Forbidden love
- Manor house / estate
- Gothic
- Other
- Cursed love interest
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- Forest / wilderness
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Spirits
- Homecoming / small town return
- Paranormal
- Hidden past revealed
Reading experience
- First person
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Bookworm/scholar
- Lush
- Reluctant hero
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- Haunting
- Brooding
- Survivor
- Immersive
- Secretive
- Yearning
- Cursed bloodline
- Haunted castle
- Enchanted forest
- Page turner
- Addictive pacing
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Book details
- Length
- 366 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book