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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Domestic violence, Kidnapping, Blackmail, Physical abuse, Abuse, Coercive control, Violence, Blood, Death, Death of sibling, Betrayal, Captivity, Injury detail, Addiction, Mental illness
Blood Kin
by M.J. Scott
Book 2 in The Half-Light City
If Shadow Kin left you wanting more of the treaty politics, this is the book that kicks the city wider open. The romance has bite because Holly and Guy are both choosing family, duty, and each other at the worst possible time.
goodreads 3.82/5 1,197 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length324 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice3/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Knight/paladin
- Forbidden love
- Tension / anticipation
- Earned hope
- Protector
- Class difference
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Adrenaline rush
- Grumpy protector
- Protective love interest
- Slow seduction
- Secretly soft
- Betrayal to trust
- Tension
- Warrior/fighter
- Bound by honor
- Longing glances
- Eye contact intensity
- Touch starvation
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Fae romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Urban fantasy
- Fae
- Forced proximity
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- Slum / undercity
- Steampunk / gaslamp
- Vampires
- Enemies to lovers
- Paranormal
- Shifters
- Undercover/spy romance
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Werewolves
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Forced alliance
- Guardian/protector
- Rescue romance
- Adventure romance
- Interspecies romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Romantic
- Fast-paced
- Heavy
- Spy/thief
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- Adventurous
- Suspenseful
- Survivor
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Outcast/loner
- Tense
- Character-driven
- Mysterious
- Morally gray
- Intense
- Political intrigue
- Enemies forced to ally
- Protect at all costs
- Forbidden desire
- Fae courts and politics
- Series binge material
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Book details
- Length
- 324 pages
- Publisher
- Roc
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book