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- Content warnings: Death, Graphic violence, Gore, Kidnapping, Injury detail, Grief, Drug use, Alcohol use, Trauma
Immortal Consequences
by I.V. Marie
Book 1 in The Souls of Blackwood Academy
Dark academia at the edge of the afterlife, six POVs, two slow-burn pairings, and trials that actually feel terrifying. Book one of a duology and it ends on a knife.
goodreads 3.7/5 20,513 ratings
storykind_community 4.25/5 4 ratings
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Length512 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Rivals to lovers
- Mixed
- Slow burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Tension finally satisfied
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- Scholar/intellectual
- Enemies to lovers
- Tension / anticipation
- Adrenaline rush
- Rival / competitor
- Academic rivals
- Sweet / tender
- The swoon
- Mysterious stranger
- Mutual pining
- Longing glances
- Book hangover
- Reluctant hero
- Push and pull
- Tension
- Secretly soft
- Love/hate tension
- Anticipation
- Found family
- Playful banter
- Eye contact intensity
Fantasy promise
- Ya fantasy
- Dark academia romance
- Academy / campus
- High fantasy
- Ghosts
- Temple / church / monastery
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- Underworld / death realm
- Spirits
- Castle / fortress
- Gothic
- Reapers
- Forced proximity
- Academy / school
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Paranormal
- Forbidden love
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Snarky/sarcastic
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- Queer
- Witch/mage
- Gay
- Character-driven
- Outcast/loner
- Mysterious
- Emotional
- Haunting
- Intense
- Literary
- Angsty
- Secretive
- Deadly trials
- Tournament arc
- Forbidden knowledge
- Haunted castle
- Cliffhanger warning
- Page turner
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 512 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book