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- Content warnings: Death of loved one, Parental death, Death of a child, Attempted sexual assault, Suicide, Depression, Grief, Racism/bigotry, War, Violence, Genocide, Religious bigotry
The Book of Lost Hours
by Hayley Gelfuso
A debut that braids Holocaust history with a magical library of memory and asks what gets remembered when the people in power get to choose.
goodreads 4.08/5 22,798 ratings
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Length400 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
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)
- Medium burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Beautiful grief
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- Scholar/intellectual
- Intellectual connection
- Sweet / tender
- Expanded empathy
- Mysterious stranger
- Slow burn
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Thought-provoking
- Longing glances
- Earned hope
- Tension
- Perspective shift
- Anticipation
- Neck kisses / neck touching
Fantasy promise
- Historical fantasy romance
- Time travel romance
- Library
- Historical
- Humans only
- Forced proximity
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- Big city / metropolis
- Alternate history
- Forbidden love
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Time-spanning love
- Magical realism
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Melancholic
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Bookworm/scholar
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- Jewish rep
- Atmospheric
- Literary
- Outcast/loner
- Haunting
- Survivor
- Bittersweet
- Introspective
- Contemplative
- Thoughtful
- Poetic
- Emotional
- Forbidden knowledge
- War-torn kingdom
- The long game
- Will make you cry
- Morally complex
- Emotional devastation
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Book details
- Length
- 400 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book