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- Content warnings: Emotional abuse, Abuse, Self-harm, Drug use, Drugging, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of a parent, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping
Song of the Forever Rains
by E.J. Mellow
Book 1 in The Mousai
The Thief Kingdom alone is worth the price of admission. A masked-ball hidden-identity romance with two emotionally bruised leads who fall for each other slowly and on purpose.
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storykind_community 3/5 2 ratings
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Length424 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice3/5 · Tender / sweet explicit
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Grumpy sunshine
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Tender / sweet explicit
- The swoon
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- Hidden royalty
- Hurt/comfort
- Emotional / loving
- Tension finally satisfied
- Secretly soft
- Mutual pining
- Slow seduction
- Romantic fulfillment
- Grumpy protector
- Protective love interest
- Romantic / sweet
- Earned hope
- Only one who understands them
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Cathartic release
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Longing glances
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Forehead touching
- First time/virgin romance
- Touch starvation
- Magic-infused intimacy
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Fake engagement
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Humans only
- Undercover/spy romance
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- Manor house / estate
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Hidden identity
- Underground / underworld
- Forced proximity
- Circus / theatre / performance troupe
- Fairytale retelling
- Secret heir/royalty
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Lush
- Lyrical
- Moderate
- Siren
- Dreamy
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- Performer
- Magical
- Atmospheric
- Spy/thief
- Seductive
- Witch/mage
- Character-driven
- Deceptively deadly
- Whimsical
- Emotional
- Mysterious
- Gothic
- Court of shadows
- Fae courts and politics
- Forbidden desire
- Protect at all costs
- Cinderella retelling
- The long game
- Deadly trials
- Sacrifice for love
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Book details
- Length
- 424 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book