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- Content warnings: Captivity, Kidnapping, Violence
An Enchantment of Thorns
by Helena Rookwood, Elm Vince
Book 1 in A Court of Fairy Tales
If you want ACOTAR-adjacent fae stakes without on-page heat, this gives you curses, bargains, and an actually capable Beauty figure.
goodreads 4.17/5 898 ratings
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Length426 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice0/5
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
- None
- Earned hope
- Cursed
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- Book hangover incoming
- Beast / monster
- Captor/captive
- The swoon
- Dark/tortured soul
- Reluctant allies to lovers
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Beauty and the beast
- Forest / wilderness
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Fae romance
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- Manor house / estate
- High fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Forced proximity
- Prison / captivity
- Cursed love interest
- Captive romance
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Romantic
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Witch/mage
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- Magical
- Whimsical
- Healer
- Dark
- Curse-breaker
- Immersive
- Protector
- Tense
- Beauty and the Beast retelling
- Fae courts and politics
- Enchanted forest
- Bargain with consequences
- Cliffhanger warning
- Cottagecore
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Book details
- Length
- 426 pages
- Publisher
- Amazon Digital Services
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book