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- Content warnings: Attempted sexual assault, Murder, Poisoning, Death, Manipulation, Misogyny
The Darkness Within Us
by Tricia Levenseller
Book 2 in The Stathos Sisters
Levenseller doing what she does best - a calculating, unhinged FMC who gets exactly the love interest who deserves her.
goodreads 3.87/5 22,261 ratings
storykind_community 3/5 2 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length336 pages
Series statusOngoing series
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
- Addictive read
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- Mysterious stranger
- Rivals to lovers
- Tension / anticipation focus
- The swoon
- Morally gray
- Morally gray x morally gray
- Slow burn with late spice
- Tension finally satisfied
- Hidden royalty
- Banter
- Tension
- Perspective shift
- Protective love interest
- Anticipation
- Longing glances
- Touch her and die
- Playful banter
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Humans only
- Manor house / estate
- Hidden identity
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- Marriage of convenience
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Dark
- Witty
- Moderate
- Intense
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- Sharp
- Ambitious schemer
- Atmospheric
- Deceptively deadly
- Dramatic
- Character-driven
- Femme fatale
- Playful
- Yearning
- Court of shadows
- Morally complex
- The long game
- Mediterranean fantasy
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 336 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book