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- Content warnings: Graphic violence, Torture, Sexual assault (referenced), Trauma, Captivity, Blood, War, Kidnapping
Beyond the Faerie Gate
by Marie Mistry
Book 1 in The Fifth Nicnevin
goodreads 4.26/5 4,012 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 1 rating
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length418 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Mutual pining
- Why Choose / Reverse Harem
- Slow burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- The angst delivered
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- Knight/paladin
- Forbidden love
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Tension finally satisfied
- Grumpy protector
- Slow burn with late spice
- Book boyfriend/girlfriend acquired
- Fae prince
- Fated mates
- Longing glances
- Adrenaline rush
- Morally gray
- Protective love interest
- Tension
- Warrior/fighter
- Grumpy sunshine
- Possessive/protective
- Touch starvation
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Reverse harem / why choose
- Royal court / palace
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Hidden identity
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- Forest / wilderness
- High fantasy
- Shifters
- Secret heir/royalty
- Underground / underworld
- Portal fantasy
- Dragons
- Captive romance
- Demons
- Forced proximity
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Medium
- Mysterious
- Immersive
- Heavy
- Royalty
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- Polyamorous
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Reluctant chosen one
- Adventurous
- Innocent / sheltered
- Intense
- Dramatic
- Survivor
- Romantic
- Brooding
- Tense
- Lost fae queen finds her court
- Warrior harem protects hidden queen
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Book details
- Length
- 418 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book