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- Content warnings: Death, Death of loved one, Torture, Trauma, Violence, Graphic violence, War, Plague, Grief, Sexual content
Ruins of Sea and Souls
by Lisette Marshall
Book 3 in Fae Isles
The forbidden romance moves from secret to full siege weapon, and the worldbuilding around the bindings and the plague continent is the most unsettling Marshall has done.
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Length510 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
- Established relationship
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Addictive read
- Fae prince
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- Morally gray x morally gray
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- The angst delivered
- Morally gray
- Hurt/comfort
- Possessive / claiming
- Earned hope
- Dark/tortured soul
- Protective love interest
- Tension / anticipation
- Tension finally satisfied
- Assassin/spy
- Only one who understands them
- Possessive/protective
- Book hangover incoming
- Longing glances
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Mine declarations
- Touch starvation
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Possessive
- Marking
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Fae romance
- Forest / wilderness
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Forbidden love
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- Ship / at sea
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Dragons
- Adventure romance
- War front / rebellion
- Captive romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Dark
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Witch/mage
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- MC 20-30
- Intense
- Atmospheric
- Emotional
- Damaged survivor
- Yearning
- Rebel leader / revolutionary
- Epic
- Lush
- Angsty
- Character-driven
- Dramatic
- Tense
- Fae courts and politics
- War-torn kingdom
- Court of shadows
- Underground rebellion
- Bargain with consequences
- Cliffhanger warning
- Morally complex
- Emotional devastation
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Book details
- Length
- 510 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book