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- Content warnings: Captivity, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Trauma, Emotional abuse, War, Imprisonment, Manipulation
Of Mist and Shadow
by Jenna Wolfhart
Book 1 in The Mist King
Captive romance with a fae king who is genuinely unsettling and a heroine who fights back - the slow burn earns every minute.
goodreads 3.78/5 10,718 ratings
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Length456 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice2/5 · 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)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- Addictive read
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Captor/captive
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Forbidden love
- Possessive / claiming
- The angst delivered
- Mysterious stranger
- Longing glances
- Book hangover incoming
- Fae prince
- Push and pull
- Dominant vibes
- King / ruling monarch
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Predator x prey
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Possessive/protective
- Wall pinning
- Scent kink
- Possessive
- Marking
- Dominance
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Fae romance
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Captive romance
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- Forest / wilderness
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Shadow beings / shadow fae
- Forced proximity
- Castle / fortress
- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Only one bed
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Survivor
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- MC 20-30
- Mysterious
- Immersive
- Reluctant hero
- Tense
- Brooding
- Outcast/loner
- Runaway / on the run
- Fast-paced
- Intense
- Yearning
- Dangerous
- Forbidden desire
- Fae courts and politics
- War-torn kingdom
- Court of shadows
- Bargain with consequences
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 456 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book