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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, War, Captivity, Imprisonment, Torture, Death, Death of loved one, Betrayal, Manipulation, Blood, Trauma
Duskbound
by Bree Grenwich & Parker Lennox
Book 2 in Esprithean Trilogy
Middle-book trilogy energy where the world cracks open, loyalties shatter, and the slow burn finally starts to smolder.
goodreads 4.39/5 24,266 ratings
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Length596 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · 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
- Medium
- Slow burn with late spice
- Addictive read
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Captor/captive
- Tension / anticipation
- The angst delivered
- Morally gray
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Possessive / claiming
- Tension finally satisfied
- War general / commander
- Possessive love interest
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Book hangover incoming
- Possessive alpha
- Wall pinning
- Love/hate tension
- Longing glances
- Predator x prey
- Tension
- Possessive/protective
- Eye contact intensity
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Possessive
- Claiming
- Marking
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Captive romance
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Fated mates
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- War front / rebellion
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Shadow beings / shadow fae
- Forbidden love
- Prison / captivity
- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Other
- Love triangle
- Underground / underworld
- Multi-realm / dimension-hopping
- Kidnapped by the hero
- Forest / wilderness
Reading experience
- First person
- Dark
- Lush
- Heavy
- High
- Reluctant chosen one
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- MC 20-30
- Intense
- Atmospheric
- Warrior/fighter
- Lyrical
- Angsty
- Blood mage / forbidden magic user
- Yearning
- Immersive
- Dangerous
- Dramatic
- Epic
- Brooding
- Fae courts and politics
- War-torn kingdom
- Court of shadows
- Forbidden desire
- Betrayal and forgiveness
- Enemies forced to ally
- Bargain with consequences
- Morally complex
- Cliffhanger warning
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 596 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book