Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Captivity, Kidnapping, Trauma, Violence, Death, Manipulation, Coercive control, Body horror, Chronic illness
A Fairy Hunter's Guide for the Recently (Un)Dead
by Cynthia Prith
Book 1 in The Uncivil Wars
For readers who want fae romance to feel eerie, old-world, and a little haunted around the edges.
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length406 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Tension / anticipation
PacingFast
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
- Low
- Tension / anticipation
- The angst delivered
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- Fae prince
- Forbidden love
- Slow seduction
- Addictive read
- Cursed
- Captor/captive
- Dark / taboo style
- Morally gray
- Push and pull
- Betrayal to trust
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Captive romance
- Forest / wilderness
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Cursed love interest
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- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Monsters
- Forced proximity
- Undead
- Forced alliance
- Rescue romance
- Dark romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Medium
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- Hunter
- Eerie
- Atmospheric
- Survivor
- Immersive
- Intense
- Mysterious
- Romantic
- Fae courts and politics
- Forbidden desire
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Book details
- Length
- 406 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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