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- Content warnings: Depression, Trauma, Grief, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Violence, Gore, Domestic violence, Cheating, Death of a partner, Mental illness, Graphic violence, Sexual content
A Soul to Heal
by Opal Reyne
Book 2 in Duskwalker Brides
Magnar will rearrange your standards for what counts as a love interest, and Delora will rearrange your standards for what an unlikable heroine is allowed to feel.
goodreads 3.9/5 30,226 ratings
storykind_community 3/5 4 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length556 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice5/5 · Possessive / claiming
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- He falls first
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Possessive / claiming
- The swoon
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- Beast / monster
- Experienced x innocent
- Rough / primal
- Earned hope
- Monster
- Obsessive but healthy
- Primal / feral style
- Cathartic release
- Cinnamon roll
- Feral devotion
- Size emphasis
- Feral brain activated
- Secretly soft
- Only soft for them
- Body worship
- Tension finally satisfied
- Gentle giant
- Hurt/comfort
- Marking / biting
- Obsessed
- Possessive alpha
- Who did this to you
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Healing / comfort intimacy
- Worship / reverence
- Praise kink
- Touch starvation
- Possessive/protective
- Scent kink
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Choking/breath play
- Hair pulling (hard)
- Oral focus
- Breeding/fertility themes
- Monstrous anatomy
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Monster romance
- Forest / wilderness
- Paranormal
- Monsters
- Fated mates
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- Cottage / cabin / homestead
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Other
- Interspecies romance
- Forced proximity
- Healing romance
- Caretaking romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Emotional
- Heavy
- Damaged survivor
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- Plus size MC
- Sensual
- Atmospheric
- Single mom
- Mental health rep
- Feral
- Raw
- Caretaker
- Depression rep
- Healing
- Immersive
- Soft/gentle
- Intense
- Character-driven
- Swoony
- Heartbreaking
- Forbidden desire
- Sacrifice for love
- Emotional devastation
- Frozen wasteland
- Bonds forged in war
- Fever dream energy
- Slow descent into darkness
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Book details
- Length
- 556 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book