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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Violence, Graphic violence, Depression, Suicidal ideation, Grief, Trauma, Torture, Attempted sexual assault, Blood, Gore, War
A Storm of Fire and Ash
by CJ Greiser
Book 1 in Fated to the Thrones
Fast, messy fae romantasy with a heroine whose power awakening hurts before it saves her. The romance moves hot and complicated, the court politics keep teeth in the plot, and the ending leaves the next throne fight already breathing down your neck.
goodreads 4.14/5 86 ratings
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Length393 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Mixed
- Insta-love
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Adrenaline rush
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- Morally gray
- Fated mates
- Frequent explicit scenes
- The angst delivered
- Warrior/fighter
- Possessive love interest
- Desperate / urgent
- Book hangover incoming
- Protective love interest
- He falls first
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Obsessed
- Possessive alpha
- Found family
- Tension / anticipation
- Secretly soft
- Push and pull
- Possessive / claiming
- Hurt/comfort
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Possessive/protective
- Mine declarations
- Magic-infused intimacy
- Possessive
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Fae romance
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Fae
- War front / rebellion
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- Dragons
- Magic bond
- Castle / fortress
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Chosen one burden
- Elementals
- Training partners to lovers
- Gods/deities
- Slow burn
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Fast
- Angsty
- Fast-paced
- Heavy
- Reluctant chosen one
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- Intense
- Emotional
- Witch/mage
- Steamy
- Damaged survivor
- Epic
- Dramatic
- General badass
- Dangerous
- Suspenseful
- Dark
- Bonds forged in war
- Survival against impossible odds
- Cliffhanger warning
- Series binge material
- Addictive pacing
- War-torn kingdom
- Fae courts and politics
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Book details
- Length
- 393 pages
- Publisher
- Cj Greiser
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book