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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Blood, Trauma, Death, Sexual content
A Soul to Touch
by Opal Reyne
Book 3 in Duskwalker Brides
Faunus is the gentle, devoted, terrifying monster love interest the genre keeps trying to write. He saved her once, watched over her for years, and now wants to be chosen back.
goodreads 4.26/5 17,920 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 1 rating
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Length506 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice5/5 · Intense / passionate
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- He falls first
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Intense / passionate
- The swoon
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- Beast / monster
- Protective love interest
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Romantic fulfillment
- Monster
- Possessive / claiming style
- Comfort reread material
- Secretly soft
- Only soft for them
- Emotional / loving
- Addictive read
- Hurt/comfort
- Rough / primal
- Earned hope
- Cursed
- Feral devotion
- Worship / reverence
- The angst delivered
- Scent kink
- The grovel delivered
- Size difference focus
- Marking hickeys
- Possessive/protective
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Touch starvation
- Body worship
- Mine declarations
- Monster romance elements
- Monstrous anatomy
- Size difference
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Possessive
- Claiming
- Marking
- Dominance
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Creampie themes
Fantasy promise
- Monster romance
- Forest / wilderness
- High fantasy
- Monsters
- Interspecies romance
- Cottage / cabin / homestead
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- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Shifters
- Beauty and the beast
- Mountain / highlands
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Other
- Fated mates
- Soulmate/destined bond
- Guardian/protector
- Rescue romance
- Fairytale retelling
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Emotional
- Moderate
- Warrior/fighter
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- BIPOC MC
- Atmospheric
- Hunter
- Asian MC
- Immersive
- Survivor
- Yearning
- Lush
- Damaged survivor
- Feral
- Warm
- General badass
- Healing
- Dreamy
- Sensual
- Character-driven
- Swoony
- Forbidden desire
- Protect at all costs
- Beauty and the Beast retelling
- Morally complex
- Addictive pacing
- Comfort read vibes
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Different because
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 506 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book