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- Content warnings: Animal death, Racism/bigotry, PTSD, Emotional abuse, Parental abuse, Parental death, Death, Blood, Gun violence, Grief, Abandonment
A Far Wilder Magic
by Allison Saft
Two outcasts face discrimination while hunting a mythical creature, uncovering dark magic and each other in a lush 1920s fantasy.
goodreads 3.81/5 25,594 ratings
storykind_community 1/5 1 rating
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Length384 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice3/5 · Sweet / tender
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Grumpy sunshine
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Sweet / tender
- Cathartic release
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- Sunshine hero
- Enemies to lovers
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Romantic fulfillment
- Cinnamon roll
- Fade to black
- Earned hope
- Scholar/intellectual
- Mutual pining
- Tension
- Beautiful grief
- She falls first
- Anticipation
- Longing glances
Fantasy promise
- Young adult
- Manor house / estate
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Humans only
- Forced proximity
- Forest / wilderness
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- Historical
- Competition romance
- Games/trials romance
- Forbidden love
- Opposites attract
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Atmospheric
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Outcast/loner
- Jewish rep
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- Yearning
- Hunter
- Interracial romance
- Bittersweet
- Lush
- Ice queen
- Romantic
- Warm
- Survivor
- Melancholic
- Earnest
- Hopeful
- Tense
- Star-crossed lovers
- Deadly trials
- Tournament arc
- Will make you cry
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 384 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book