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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Torture, Murder, Kidnapping, Captivity, Drugging, Sexual assault, Death, Blood, Gore, Abuse, Imprisonment
A Court of Thorns and Roses
by Sarah J. Maas
Book 1 in A Court of Thorns and Roses
The gateway drug to modern romantasy. Feyre's transformation from huntress to High Fae is the spark that launched a thousand booktok obsessions.
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storykind_community 4.23/5 98 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length419 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · Passionate / intense
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
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- Addictive read
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- Cursed
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Tension finally satisfied
- Fae prince
- Protective love interest
- Slow seduction
- Book boyfriend/girlfriend acquired
- Brooding prince
- Power imbalance
- Possessive / claiming
- The swoon
- Protective
- Class difference
- First time / discovery
- Cathartic release
- Beast / monster
- Star-crossed
- Wall pinning
- Book hangover
- Immortal/ancient
- Love/hate tension
- Marking hickeys
- Possessive/protective
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Longing glances
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Possessive
- Claiming
- Marking
- Oral focus
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Fae romance
- Manor house / estate
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Beauty and the beast
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- Forest / wilderness
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Shifters
- Fairytale retelling
- Royal court / palace
- Monsters
- Forbidden love
- Underground / underworld
- Captive romance
- Prison / captivity
- Forced proximity
- Hurt/comfort
- Sacrifice/martyrdom
- Competition romance
- Games/trials romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Romantic
- Lush
- Heavy
- Survivor
- MC 20-30
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- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Hunter
- Dramatic
- Protector
- Mysterious
- Immersive
- Artist/creative
- Seductive
- Emotional
- Reluctant chosen one
- Cinematic
- Intense
- Yearning
- Magical
- Epic
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Book details
- Length
- 419 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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