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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Violence, Injury detail, Death, Death of a parent, Murder, Abuse, Parental abuse, Physical abuse, Betrayal
A Dream of Stars and Darkness
by Madeleine Eliot
Book 1 in Queen of All Fae
The fun is watching a spy and an Unseelie prince negotiate their way into trust while the court around them keeps sharpening knives.
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Length364 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice3/5 · Slow burn with late spice
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
- Slow burn with late spice
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Fae prince
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Sweet / tender
- Escape
- Secretly soft
- Forbidden love
- Tension / anticipation
- Obsessed
- Morally gray
- Mutual pining
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Comfort reread material
- Grumpy sunshine
- Gentle / romantic
- Protective love interest
- Longing glances
- Only soft for them
- Playful banter
- Tension
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Fae romance
- Royal court / palace
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Forest / wilderness
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- High fantasy
- Fake engagement
- Secret society / club
- Forced proximity
- Only one bed
- Forced alliance
- Fated mates
- Literary / classic retelling
Reading experience
- First person
- Dreamy
- Moderate
- Spy/thief
- Romantic
- Whimsical
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- Rebel leader / revolutionary
- Magical
- Atmospheric
- Survivor
- Tense
- Warm
- Healer
- Hopeful
- Conversational
- Adventurous
- Fae courts and politics
- Enemies forced to ally
- Forbidden desire
- Underground rebellion
- Series binge material
- Beauty and the Beast retelling
- Protect at all costs
- Bargain with consequences
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Book details
- Length
- 364 pages
- Publisher
- Madeleine Eliot
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book