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- Content warnings: Death, Violence, War, Trauma, Racism/bigotry, Graphic violence, Alcohol use, Anxiety, Sexual content
Isolation
by Bex-chan
the gold standard Dramione long fic, 264k words of forced-proximity wartime angst that ruined a generation of readers for a reason
goodreads 4.23/5 14,816 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length573 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice5/5 · Intense / passionate
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
- High
- Intense / passionate
- The angst delivered
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Love/hate tension
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Slow burn with late spice
- Book hangover
- Anti-hero
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Tension / anticipation
- Obsessed
- Class difference
- Angry / hate sex
- Addictive read
- Forbidden love
- Wall pinning
- Betrayal to trust
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Longing glances
- Touch starvation
Fantasy promise
- Fanfiction
- Academy / campus
- Urban fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Forced proximity
- War front / rebellion
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- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Stuck together
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Angsty
- Emotional
- Heavy
- Bookworm/scholar
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- Intense
- Immersive
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Atmospheric
- General badass
- Dark
- Yearning
- Character-driven
- Tense
- Introspective
- Brooding
- Forbidden desire
- Battle of wills
- Enemies forced to ally
- Slow descent into darkness
- Bonds forged in war
- War-torn kingdom
- Emotional devastation
- Page turner
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 573 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book