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- Content warnings: Captivity, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death, Blood
The King's Shadow
by K.M. Shea
Book 2 in Gate of Myth and Power
Closed-door urban fantasy with a sarcastic cat-shifter heroine and a Hades-coded elf king who actually has range.
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Length362 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
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)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Addictive read
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- King / ruling monarch
- Slow burn with late spice
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Forbidden love
- Tension / anticipation
- Comfort reread material
- Mysterious stranger
- Captor/captive
- Sweet / tender
- The swoon
- Fae prince
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Longing glances
- Found family feels
- Dark/tortured soul
- Banter
- Tension
- Protective love interest
- Power imbalance
- Anticipation
- Playful banter
- Eye contact intensity
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Castle / fortress
- Urban fantasy
- Elves
- Forest / wilderness
- Low fantasy / secret magic
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- Fae
- Big city / metropolis
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Shifters
- Captive romance
- Vampires
- Fae romance
- Werewolves
- Fairytale retelling
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Magic bond
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Whimsical
- Witty
- Moderate
- Snarky/sarcastic
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- Magical
- Humorous
- Shapeshifter
- Banter-heavy
- Outcast/loner
- Mysterious
- Engaging
- Reluctant hero
- Dangerous
- Lighthearted
- Deceptively deadly
- Playful
- Fast-paced
- Atmospheric
- Hades and Persephone retelling
- Court of shadows
- Fae courts and politics
- Forbidden desire
- Deadly trials
- Page turner
- Addictive pacing
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 362 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book