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- Content warnings: Terminal illness, Violence, Murder, Death, Captivity, Torture
A Fate so Wicked
by K.E. Austin
Book 1 in Into the Shadows
Deadly sin trials, a dangerous fae guard, and one desperate cure quest give this debut the survival-romance pressure cooker readers reach for after ACOTAR and trial fantasy binges.
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Length412 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · 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
- Low
- Slow burn with late spice
- Adrenaline rush
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- Mysterious stranger
- Tension / anticipation
- Earned hope
- Warrior/fighter
- Forbidden love
- Possessive/protective
- Book boyfriend/girlfriend acquired
- Morally gray
- Protective love interest
- Fae prince
- Banter
Fantasy promise
- Ya romantasy
- Fae romance
- Competition / games
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Forest / wilderness
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- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Games/trials romance
- Castle / fortress
- Training partners to lovers
- Touch her and die
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Immersive
- Moderate
- Medium
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- Survivor
- Adventurous
- Dramatic
- Reluctant chosen one
- Romantic
- Fast-paced
- Protector
- Intense
- Emotional
- Magical
- Deadly trials
- Survival against impossible odds
- Enemies forced to ally
- Forbidden desire
- Plot twist heavy
- Series binge material
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Book details
- Length
- 412 pages
- Publisher
- Gilded Ink Press
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book