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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Torture, Gore, Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Self-harm, Death of a parent, Grief, Blood, Captivity, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse
Servant of Earth
by Sarah Hawley
Book 1 in The Shards of Magic
goodreads 4.2/5 15,050 ratings
storykind_community 4.5/5 6 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length464 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · 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
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- Tension finally satisfied
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- Morally gray
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Possessive / claiming
- Book hangover incoming
- Fae prince
- Captor/captive
- Rough / primal
- Feral brain activated
- Brooding prince
- Power imbalance
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Addictive read
- Hidden royalty
- Predator x prey
- Wall pinning
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Possessive
- Marking
- Claiming
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Size difference
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Fae romance
- Royal court / palace
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Competition / games
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- High fantasy
- Forbidden love
- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Captive romance
- Competition romance
- Interspecies romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Heavy
- High
- Damaged survivor
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- MC 20-30
- Intense
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Dangerous
- Immersive
- Reluctant chosen one
- Feral/unhinged
- Feral
- Fast-paced
- Yearning
- Deadly trials
- Fae courts and politics
- Forbidden desire
- Cursed bloodline
- War-torn kingdom
- The long game
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 464 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book