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- Content warnings: Slavery, War, Violence, Graphic violence, Blood, Torture, Death, Kidnapping, Imprisonment, Trauma, Sexual content
Of Light and Freedom
by Rachel Fallon
Book 2 in The Star Queen Chronicles
A second-book that actually escalates: shadow-daddy dragon-shifter LI, two kingdoms fighting over the prophesied queen, and a soulmate bond getting stress-tested by war.
goodreads 4.15/5 381 ratings
storykind_community 4.5/5 2 ratings
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Length756 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Fated mates
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Established relationship
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Adrenaline rush
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- Fae prince
- Possessive / claiming
- The swoon
- Dragon shifter
- Protective love interest
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Addictive read
- Morally gray
- Possessive love interest
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Obsessed
- Possessive alpha
- Only soft for them
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Book hangover incoming
- War general / commander
- Marking hickeys
- Longing glances
- Scent kink
- Neck kisses / neck touching
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Possessive
- Claiming
- Marking
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Fae romance
- War front / rebellion
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- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Shifters
- Dragon romance
- Castle / fortress
- Dragons
- Soulmate/destined bond
- Magic bond
- Shifter romance
- Prophecy-driven love
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Heavy
- Reluctant chosen one
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- Intense
- Epic
- General badass
- Dramatic
- Fallen noble / disgraced heir
- Queen / ruling monarch
- Emotional
- Yearning
- Magical
- Fae courts and politics
- War-torn kingdom
- Court of shadows
- Underground rebellion
- War of succession
- Chosen one burden
- Blood oath
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Book details
- Length
- 756 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book