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- Content warnings: War, Graphic violence, Death, Death of loved one, Child death, Grief, PTSD, Anxiety, Panic attacks, Suicidal ideation, Miscarriage, Abortion, Animal death, Racism/bigotry, Gun violence, Genocide
The Everlasting
by Alix E. Harrow
Alix E. Harrow at peak Harrow - lyrical, sad, and deeply suspicious of every hero myth she summons. A time-loop romance about rewriting the version of yourself history demanded.
goodreads 4.33/5 21,544 ratings
storykind_community 4.5/5 5 ratings
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Length320 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice3/5 · Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Star-crossed
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Beautiful grief
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- Scholar/intellectual
- Forbidden love
- Tender / sweet explicit
- Cathartic release
- Reluctant hero
- Mutual pining
- Tension / anticipation
- Earned hope
- Secretly soft
- Intellectual connection
- Longing glances
- Perspective shift
- Touch starvation
- The angst delivered
- Tension
- Anticipation
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Time travel romance
- War front / rebellion
- High fantasy
- Humans only
- Star-crossed lovers
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- Castle / fortress
- Historical
- Library
- Time-spanning love
- Sacrifice/martyrdom
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Melancholic
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- High
- Warrior/fighter
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- Sapphic
- Yearning
- Literary
- Reluctant chosen one
- Anxiety rep
- Epic
- Lush
- Sacrifice / chosen to die
- Mental health rep
- Thought-provoking
- Introspective
- Damaged survivor
- Bittersweet
- Poetic
- Philosophical
- Atmospheric
- Haunting
- Sacrifice for love
- War-torn kingdom
- The long game
- Emotional devastation
- Morally complex
- Slow start explosive finish
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Book details
- Length
- 320 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book