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What Lurks Between the Fates

by Harper L. Woods

Book 3 in Of Flesh & Bone

The Mab arc is bleak in the way dark romantasy readers came for. Estrella's villain-era awakening, a fated bond Mab keeps weaponizing, and the kind of corruption arc that earns its content warnings.

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goodreads 3.75/5 31,536 ratings

storykind_community 4.38/5 4 ratings

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  • Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Captivity, Death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault (referenced), Attempted sexual assault, Gaslighting, Trauma, Childhood trauma, Grief, Body horror, Gore, Slavery, Manipulation, Stalking, Suicidal ideation, Alcohol use, Sexual content
Length455 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium

Story profile

What the story promises

The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.

Romance promise

  • Fated mates
  • Male/female pairing (M/F)
  • Established relationship
  • High
  • Passionate / intense
  • Tension finally satisfied
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  • Fae prince
  • Possessive / claiming
  • The angst delivered
  • Dark/tortured soul
  • Protective love interest
  • Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
  • Book hangover
  • Obsessive love interest
  • Dark / taboo style
  • Feral brain activated
  • Morally gray
  • Morally gray x morally gray
  • Desperate / urgent
  • Cathartic release
  • Possessive alpha
  • Hurt/comfort
  • Wall pinning
  • Who did this to you
  • Jealous/possessive during intimacy
  • Growling / possessive sounds
  • Mine declarations
  • Touch starvation
  • Forehead touching
  • Possessive
  • Claiming
  • Marking
  • Dominance
  • Rough/aggressive intimacy
  • Power exchange
  • Bonding/claiming/marking

Fantasy promise

  • Romantasy
  • Fae romance
  • Royal court / palace
  • Fae realm / faerie courts
  • Fae
  • Prison / captivity
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  • Grimdark / dark fantasy
  • Witches/wizards/warlocks
  • Forced proximity
  • Underground / underworld
  • Multi-realm / dimension-hopping
  • Gods/deities
  • Captive romance
  • Magic bond
  • Forbidden love
  • Dark romance
  • Villain gets the girl

Reading experience

  • First person
  • Medium
  • Dark
  • Heavy
  • MC 20-30
  • Intense
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  • Atmospheric
  • Sacrifice / chosen to die
  • Emotional
  • Reluctant chosen one
  • Haunting
  • Necromancer / death magic user
  • Angsty
  • Dramatic
  • Villain protagonist
  • Brooding
  • Feral
  • Gothic
  • Fae courts and politics
  • Protect at all costs
  • Emotional devastation
  • Slow descent into darkness
  • Cliffhanger warning
  • No one is safe

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Book details
Length
455 pages
Language
English
Format
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