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A Feather So Black
by Lyra Selene
Book 1 in Fair Folk
If you want lush Celtic fae romance with a forbidden enemies-to-lovers slow burn and a cursed swan sister, Selene delivers all three in atmospheric prose.
goodreads 3.7/5 9,099 ratings
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Length496 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
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Tension finally satisfied
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- Fae prince
- Love/hate tension
- Tension / anticipation
- The swoon
- Dark/tortured soul
- Only one who understands them
- Possessive / claiming
- Obsessed
- Morally gray
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Addictive read
- Cursed
- Slow seduction
- Monster
- Push and pull
- Touch starvation
- Longing glances
- Tension
- Anticipation
- First time/virgin romance
- Wall pinning
- Possessive
- Marking
- Claiming
- Magic-infused intimacy
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Fae romance
- Royal court / palace
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Forest / wilderness
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- High fantasy
- Love triangle
- Mythological
- Enemies to lovers
- Fairytale retelling
- Soulmate/destined bond
- Fated mates
- Interspecies romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Dark
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Spy/thief
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- Atmospheric
- Outcast/loner
- Dreamy
- Lush
- Reluctant chosen one
- Yearning
- Seductive
- Immersive
- Ethereal
- Poetic
- Haunting
- Mythic
- Fae courts and politics
- Enchanted forest
- Little Mermaid retelling
- Forbidden desire
- Cursed bloodline
- Bargain with consequences
- Morally complex
- Slow start explosive finish
- Celtic mythology
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Book details
- Length
- 496 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book