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- Content warnings: Child death, Death of a parent, Grief, Murder, Violence, Self-harm, Suicidal ideation, Poverty, Abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Panic attacks, Blood, Fire, Gore
The Blood Spell
by C.J. Redwine
Book 4 in Ravenspire
Come for the forbidden Cinderella retelling; stay for Blue refusing to let grief turn her soft heart into a liability.
goodreads 4.1/5 5,003 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length448 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice1/5 · Sweet / tender
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
- Low
- Sweet / tender
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Brooding prince
- Childhood friends
- Tension / anticipation
- Earned hope
- Protective love interest
- Longing glances
- The angst delivered
- Secretly soft
- Only one who understands them
- Closed door / fade to black
- Forbidden love
- Hurt/comfort
Fantasy promise
- Ya romantasy
- Fairytale retelling
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Big city / metropolis
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- Monsters
- Friends to lovers
- Forced alliance
- Secret power
- Political intrigue
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Heavy
- Witch/mage
- Teen MC (under 20)
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- Romantic
- Emotional
- Healer
- Working class
- Suspenseful
- Survivor
- Dramatic
- Immersive
- Tense
- Hopeful
- Cinderella retelling
- Enemies forced to ally
- Protect at all costs
- Power corrupts
- Page turner
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 448 pages
- Publisher
- Balzer + Bray
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book