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- Content warnings: Death, Death of loved one, Violence, Captivity, Kidnapping, Grief, Abuse, Sexual assault (referenced), Ableism, Classism, Poverty
Court of Winter
by Krista Street
Book 1 in Fae of Snow & Ice
Ilara and Norivun have the kind of enemies-to-lovers tension that actually earns the label: abduction, grief, court politics, and one dangerous prince who keeps making her worst choices harder.
goodreads 4.12/5 34,435 ratings
storykind_community 4.25/5 4 ratings
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Length354 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice1/5 · Slow burn with late spice
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
- Low
- Slow burn with late spice
- Tension finally satisfied
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- Morally gray
- Tension / anticipation
- The angst delivered
- Brooding prince
- Forbidden love
- Possessive / claiming
- Addictive read
- Fae prince
- Mutual pining
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- The swoon
- Possessive alpha
- Fated mates
- Tension
- He falls first
- Longing glances
- Captor/captive
- Possessive/protective
- Touch starvation
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Royal court / palace
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Captive romance
- High fantasy
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- Forced proximity
- Fae romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Dark
- Immersive
- Heavy
- Survivor
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- Romantic
- Atmospheric
- Outcast/loner
- Brooding
- General badass
- Tense
- Emotional
- Magical
- Fae courts and politics
- Forbidden desire
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Book details
- Length
- 354 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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