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- Content warnings: Violence, Trauma, Death of loved one, Abuse, Grief, PTSD, Manipulation, Betrayal, War, Sexual content
A Promise so Bold and Broken
by Sophia St. Germain
Book 2 in Compelling Fates Saga
Merrick. The death whisperer who trains her to weaponize the magic that already broke her once.
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Length458 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
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
- High
- Passionate / intense
- The angst delivered
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Fated mates
- Tension / anticipation
- Book hangover incoming
- Protective love interest
- Forbidden love
- Possessive / claiming
- Redemption arc
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Possessive/protective
- Longing glances
- Mutual pining
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Possessive
- Claiming
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Fae
- War front / rebellion
- Fae realm / faerie courts
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- Humans only
- Found family
- Fae romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Dark
- Lush
- Heavy
- Reluctant chosen one
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- Intense
- Emotional
- Angsty
- Atmospheric
- Damaged survivor
- Yearning
- Dramatic
- Character-driven
- Bonds forged in war
- Fae courts and politics
- Star-crossed lovers
- Slow start explosive finish
- Cliffhanger warning
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 458 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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