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- Content warnings: Death, Murder, Violence, Graphic violence, Gore, Injury detail, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Manipulation, Sexual assault, Suicidal ideation, Depression, Trauma, War, Blood, Sexual content
Of Night and Blood
by Brea Lamb
Book 1 in The Coveted
If you want a darker fae romance where the heroine's power is the problem and the answer, this one has teeth. It gives court betrayal, mental-health ache, and a love interest who sees the monster label and stays anyway.
goodreads 4.06/5 663 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length464 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
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Book hangover incoming
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- Morally gray
- Protective love interest
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- The angst delivered
- Dark/tortured soul
- Found family
- Slow burn with late spice
- Found family feels
- Possessive / claiming
- Redemption arc
- Mysterious stranger
- He falls first
- Explicit but vanilla
- Secretly soft
- Only one who understands them
- Possessive/protective
- Touch her and die
- Longing glances
- Mine declarations
- Touch starvation
- Tension
- Anticipation
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Fae romance
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Fae
- War front / rebellion
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- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Demons
- Forced alliance
- Forest / wilderness
- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Dark romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Dark
- Lush
- Heavy
- Royalty
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- Mental health rep
- Angsty
- Emotional
- Dramatic
- Damaged survivor
- Intense
- Atmospheric
- Survivor
- Immersive
- Witch/mage
- Epic
- Character-driven
- Political intrigue
- War-torn kingdom
- Cliffhanger warning
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 464 pages
- Publisher
- Beck&ro Publishing
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book