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- Content warnings: Violence, Blood, Gore, Body horror, Death, Captivity, Manipulation, Torture, War
A Harvest of Hearts
by Andrea Eames
A practical farm girl gets her heart Snagged by the kingdoms only sorcerer and ends up dismantling the magic system that runs everything.
goodreads 3.59/5 7,426 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length448 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Captor/captive
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Beautiful grief
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- Cursed
- Power imbalance
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Earned hope
- Morally gray
- Class difference
- Sweet / tender
- Tension finally satisfied
- Scholar/intellectual
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Longing glances
- The swoon
- Secretly soft
- Tension
- Mutual pining
- Anticipation
- Forehead touching
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Forced proximity
- Small town / village
- High fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Captive romance
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- Manor house / estate
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Humans only
- Fairytale retelling
- Big city / metropolis
- Grumpy sunshine
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Whimsical
- Lyrical
- Moderate
- Snarky/sarcastic
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- Dark
- Lush
- Outcast/loner
- Atmospheric
- Survivor
- Magical
- Literary
- Wallflower
- Yearning
- Character-driven
- Haunting
- Melancholic
- Bargain with consequences
- Cursed bloodline
- Enchanted forest
- Forbidden knowledge
- Morally complex
- Beauty and the Beast retelling
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Book details
- Length
- 448 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book