Think twice if…
- Content warnings: War, Violence, Death, Blood, Grief, Classism, Sexism, Trauma, Betrayal, Injury detail, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Gaslighting
The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door
by H.G. Parry
Read it when you want the Emily Wilde-adjacent itch scratched by something thornier and more political. It is a fae book for readers who want scholarship, grief, and consequences instead of a romance arc doing all the lifting.
goodreads 4.11/5 5,970 ratings
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Length437 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice0/5
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- None
- Book hangover
- Intellectual satisfaction
- Beautiful grief
- Earned hope
Fantasy promise
- Historical fantasy
- Academy / campus
- Historical
- Fae
- Manor house / estate
- Academy / school
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- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Big city / metropolis
- Secret society
- Fae realm / faerie courts
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Magical
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- High
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- Bookworm/scholar
- Working class
- Melancholic
- Atmospheric
- Survivor
- Thoughtful
- Character-driven
- Reluctant hero
- Dark
- Outcast/loner
- Lush
- Forbidden knowledge
- Cursed bloodline
- Betrayal and forgiveness
- Political intrigue
- No one is safe
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 437 pages
- Publisher
- Redhook Books
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book