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- Content warnings: Imprisonment, Torture, Physical abuse, Violence, Trauma, Death, Religious bigotry, War
A Crown of Star and Ash
by Victoria K. Taylor
Book 1 in The Fate of Ashes
goodreads 3.87/5 1,963 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length395 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice2/5 · Slow burn with late spice
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
- Medium
- Slow burn with late spice
- Book hangover incoming
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- Morally gray
- Passionate / intense
- Found family feels
- Damaged survivor
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Earned hope
- Dark/tortured soul
- Hurt/comfort
- Tension / anticipation
- Adrenaline rush
- Warrior/fighter
- Found family
- Tension
- Longing glances
- Possessive/protective
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Fae romance
- Prison / captivity
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- War front / rebellion
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- High fantasy
- Gods/deities
- Forced proximity
- Forest / wilderness
- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Monsters
- Training partners to lovers
- Secret power
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Fast-paced
- Heavy
- Healer
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- Angsty
- Emotional
- Survivor
- Epic
- Lush
- Intense
- Atmospheric
- Witch/mage
- Hopeful
- Reluctant hero
- War-torn kingdom
- Underground rebellion
- Enemies forced to ally
- Cliffhanger warning
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 395 pages
- Publisher
- Snowshoe Press
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book