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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Blood, Fire, Racism/bigotry, Classism, Death, Parental death, War, Sexual content
Splintered Kingdom
by Gretchen Powell Fox
Book 2 in Shattered Crown
goodreads 4.45/5 2,661 ratings
storykind_community 4.67/5 3 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length556 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Emotional / loving
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
- Emotional / loving
- Book hangover incoming
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- Knight/paladin
- Intense / passionate
- The angst delivered
- Secretly soft
- Fated mates
- Slow burn with late spice
- Feral brain activated
- Warrior/fighter
- He falls first
- Tension
- Obsessed
- Feral devotion
- Anticipation
- Protective love interest
- Possessive/protective
- Only soft for them
- Mine declarations
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Longing glances
- Touch starvation
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Magic-infused intimacy
- Power exchange
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Soulmate/destined bond
- Forest / wilderness
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- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Shadow beings / shadow fae
- Magic bond
- War front / rebellion
- Forced proximity
- Small town / village
- Immortal/mortal romance
- Fae romance
- Adventure romance
- Secret power
- Misunderstanding
- Forbidden love
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Medium
- Epic
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Witch/mage
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- Bisexual MC
- Romantic
- Emotional
- General badass
- Queer
- Intense
- Banter-heavy
- Protector
- Nonbinary main character or love interest (MC/LI)
- Dramatic
- Survivor
- Interracial romance
- Angsty
- Immersive
- Swoony
- Heartbreaking
- Atmospheric
- Fae courts and politics
- Star-crossed lovers
- Page turner
- Epic sequel
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Book details
- Length
- 556 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book