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- Content warnings: Violence, Death, Graphic violence, War, Trauma, Kidnapping
Where the Dragons Sleep
by Iris Rivera
Book 1 in The Erilonne Trilogy
halfling fae assassin meets her grumpy general against a curse-rotted dragon kingdom and a slow burn that earns every page
goodreads 3.87/5 127 ratings
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Length547 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice2/5 · Tension / anticipation focus
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
- Medium
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Tension finally satisfied
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- Grumpy protector
- Grumpy sunshine (reversed)
- Longing glances
- Addictive read
- War general / commander
- Slow burn with late spice
- Book hangover incoming
- Morally gray
- Love/hate tension
- Fade to black
- The angst delivered
- Only soft for them
- Tension
- Intellectual satisfaction
- Rivals to lovers
- Anticipation
- Protective love interest
- Possessive/protective
- Choking/breath play
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Forbidden love
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Forced proximity
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- Castle / fortress
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Dragons
- Forest / wilderness
- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Shadow beings / shadow fae
- War front / rebellion
- Gods/deities
- Fae romance
- Dragon romance
- Secret power
- Magic bond
- Competence porn
Reading experience
- First person
- Epic
- Lush
- Moderate
- High
- Warrior/fighter
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- MC 20-30
- Atmospheric
- General badass
- Intense
- Immersive
- Curse-breaker
- Yearning
- Cinematic
- Fallen noble / disgraced heir
- Magical
- Dark
- Mythic
- Cursed bloodline
- War-torn kingdom
- Court of shadows
- Forbidden knowledge
- Page turner
- Cliffhanger warning
- Morally complex
- The long game
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Book details
- Length
- 547 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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