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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Mental illness, Self-harm, Suicidal ideation, Suicide, Substance abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Death, Grief, Parental death
Damaged Goods
by L.J. Shen
Book 4 in All Saints High
Bailey and Lev close the All Saints High loop with a raw recovery arc, best-friend ache, and the kind of messy loyalty this series keeps making everyone earn.
goodreads 3.98/5 13,341 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length416 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Friends to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- The angst delivered
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Best friends to lovers
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Cathartic release
- Anti-hero
- Mutual pining
- Desperate / urgent
- Earned hope
- Athlete
- Hurt/comfort
- Rough / aggressive style
- Romantic fulfillment
- Push and pull
- Tension
- Longing glances
- Touch starvation
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Possessive
- Power exchange
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Academy / campus
- Contemporary
- Sports romance
- Sports world / training facility
- Forced proximity
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Angsty
- Emotional
- Heavy
- Damaged survivor
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- Dramatic
- Survivor
- Heartbreaking
- Edgy
- Soft/gentle
- Intense
- Character-driven
- Steamy
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Book details
- Length
- 416 pages
- Publisher
- Bloom Books
- Language
- English
- Format
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