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- Content warnings: Graphic violence, Trauma, Blood, Dubious consent, Self-harm, Sexual content
A Dark and Lovely Devastation
by J. Ann Curtis
Come for the fae king with centuries of baggage; stay for the moment Chels stops running from the power everyone else keeps trying to name for her.
goodreads 3.43/5 195 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length393 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Fated mates
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Earned hope
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- King / ruling monarch
- He falls first
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Romantic fulfillment
- Protective love interest
- Push and pull
- Slow burn with late spice
- Adrenaline rush
- Dark/tortured soul
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Secretly soft
- Only one who understands them
- Possessive/protective
- Morally gray
- Hurt/comfort
- Dark / taboo style
- Tension
- Longing glances
- Touch starvation
- Bondage/restraint
- Dubious consent elements
- Blood play
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Fae romance
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Castle / fortress
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- Portal fantasy
- Demons
- Second chance
- Forest / wilderness
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Elves
- Contemporary
- Trolls
- Banshees
- Reincarnation romance
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Magic bond
- Forced proximity
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Heavy
- Medium
- Royalty
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- Magical
- Atmospheric
- Damaged survivor
- Intense
- Emotional
- Reluctant hero
- Adventurous
- Immersive
- Reluctant chosen one
- Fast-paced
- Tense
- Reluctant royalty
- Fae courts and politics
- Survival against impossible odds
- Political intrigue
- Forbidden desire
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Book details
- Length
- 393 pages
- Publisher
- Elmae Publishing
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book