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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Blood, Death, Generational trauma, Murder, Captivity, Torture, Betrayal, Manipulation, Trauma
To Clutch a Razor
by Veronica Roth
Book 2 in Curse Bearer
A taut heist novella steeped in Slavic myth where every character is hiding something, and the M/M romance unfolds through longing glances and quiet trust in a world that wants to kill them both.
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Length229 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- M/M
- Slow burn
- Low
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Adrenaline rush
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- Cursed
- Forbidden love
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Redemption arc
- Morally gray
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Slow burn with late spice
- The angst delivered
- Reluctant hero
- Morally gray x morally gray
- Longing glances
- Earned hope
- Tension
- Only one who understands them
- Anticipation
- Eye contact intensity
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Manor house / estate
- Urban fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Forest / wilderness
- Gothic
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- Demons
- Forced alliance
- Monsters
- Monster romance
- Secret alliance
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Heavy
- Medium
- Vengeful / revenge-driven
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- Gay
- Tense
- Atmospheric
- Mercenary
- Queer
- Mysterious
- Immersive
- Cinematic
- Brooding
- Sharp
- Bittersweet
- Intense
- Character-driven
- Gritty
- Page turner
- Slavic mythology
- Family secrets
- Monster hunters
- Moral ambiguity
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Book details
- Length
- 229 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book