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- Content warnings: Graphic violence, Torture, Death, Grief, Religious trauma, Child neglect, Body horror, Death of loved one
The Scattered Bones
by Nicole Scarano
An indie dark fantasy romance that retells the Osiris myth as a forbidden priestess-and-thief love story. The dual timeline keeps the heartbreak sharp and the ending earns it.
goodreads 4.07/5 11,798 ratings
storykind_community 4.33/5 3 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length280 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice3/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- Beautiful grief
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- Thief/criminal
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Earned hope
- Rogue/scoundrel
- Star-crossed
- Tension / anticipation
- Cathartic release
- Morally gray
- Mutual pining
- First time / discovery
- The angst delivered
- Longing glances
- Tension
- Anticipation
- First time/virgin romance
- Forehead touching
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Temple / church / monastery
- High fantasy
- Gods/deities
- Fairytale retelling
- Forest / wilderness
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- Mythological
- Sacrifice/martyrdom
- Underground / underworld
- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Adventure romance
- Desert / frontier
- Found family
Reading experience
- First person
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Heavy
- Sacrifice / chosen to die
- MC 20-30
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- Yearning
- Emotional
- Survivor
- Epic
- Lyrical
- Reluctant chosen one
- Feral/unhinged
- Melancholic
- Intense
- Mythic
- Sacrifice for love
- Forbidden desire
- Deadly trials
- Orpheus and Eurydice retelling
- Bargain with consequences
- Star-crossed lovers
- No one is safe
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Book details
- Length
- 280 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book