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- Content warnings: Grief, Death of a partner, Death of a child, Graphic violence, Torture, Drowning, Stalking, Injury detail, Physical abuse, Magical coercion
A Wilderness of Glass
by Grace Draven
The reverse-Little-Mermaid setup is fun, but two widowed people choosing tenderness again is the part that sticks. The land-and-sea problem gets real weight instead of a magical handwave.
goodreads 4.09/5 1,900 ratings
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Length112 pages
Story statusCompleted
Spice3/5 · Slow / sensual
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Instant attraction
- Medium
- Slow / sensual
- Beautiful grief
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- Secretly soft
- Hurt/comfort
- Emotional / loving
- Earned hope
- Protective love interest
- Cultural difference
- Longing glances
- Widower
- Star-crossed
- Touch starvation
- Eye contact intensity
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Mermaid romance
- Coastal / island / beach
- High fantasy
- Mermaids/sirens
- Interspecies romance
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- Rescue romance
- Secret relationship
- Fairytale retelling
- Star-crossed lovers
Reading experience
- Third person
- Romantic
- Lyrical
- Moderate
- Low
- Witch/mage
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- Melancholic
- Lush
- Artist/creative
- Magical
- Emotional
- Widow
- Bittersweet
- Immersive
- Atmospheric
- Warm
- Dreamy
- Beauty and the Beast retelling
- Forbidden desire
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Book details
- Length
- 112 pages
- Publisher
- Grace Draven
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book