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- Content warnings: Violence, Death, Dubious consent, Blood, Kidnapping, Captivity, Gore, Sexual content
Mountains Made of Glass
by Scarlett St. Clair
Book 1 in Fairy Tale Retellings
A bite-sized Beauty and the Beast retelling that hits the cursed-prince/banished-girl sweet spot with steam and mythic atmosphere.
goodreads 3.51/5 21,750 ratings
storykind_community 3/5 2 ratings
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Length240 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
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)
- Medium burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- The swoon
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- Cursed
- Captor/captive
- Possessive / claiming
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Tension / anticipation
- Addictive read
- Fae prince
- Wall pinning
- Possessive alpha
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Possessive/protective
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Dubious consent elements
- Possessive
- Marking
- Claiming
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Beauty and the beast
- Castle / fortress
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Fairytale retelling
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- Forest / wilderness
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Elves
- Fae romance
- Captive romance
- Kidnapped by the hero
- Forbidden love
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Lyrical
- Moderate
- Low
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- Reluctant hero
- Seductive
- Atmospheric
- Survivor
- Punchy
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Mythic
- Yearning
- Fast-paced
- Beauty and the Beast retelling
- Cursed bloodline
- Bargain with consequences
- Forbidden desire
- Fever dream energy
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Book details
- Length
- 240 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book