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- Content warnings: Fire, Scars, Injury detail, Childhood trauma, Ableism, Murder, Death of loved one, Grief, Animal abuse, Violence, War, Kidnapping, Captivity
Flame of Sevenwaters
by Juliet Marillier
Book 6 in Sevenwaters
The series finale that gives the burned, overlooked Sevenwaters daughter her own quietly devastating homecoming - lush Irish-myth prose, a heroine whose strength is her refusal to be pitied, and a fae showdown that finally settles the Mac Dara curse.
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Length432 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 6 books
Spice1/5
PacingSlow
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Hurt/comfort
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Delayed romance
- Low
- Beautiful grief
- Secretly soft
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- Slow burn
- Earned hope
- Mutual pining
- Closure
- Cathartic release
Fantasy promise
- Historical fantasy romance
- Homecoming / small town return
- Historical
- Fae
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Forbidden love
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- Adventure romance
- Healing romance
- Fairytale retelling
Reading experience
- First person
- Slow
- Bittersweet
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Medium
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- Survivor
- Disabled MC
- Magical
- Atmospheric
- Scarred main character or love interest (MC/LI)
- Mythic
- Emotional
- Immersive
- Melancholic
- Introspective
- Hopeful
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Book details
- Length
- 432 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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