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- Content warnings: Parental death, Grief, Violence, Emotional abuse
A Treason of Thorns
by Laura E. Weymouth
This is a gothic YA fantasy for readers who like houses with teeth, impossible duty, and a childhood love tangled up in the survival of a place. The romance is quiet, but the emotional pressure is sharp.
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Length352 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingSlow
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Childhood friends
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Rekindled
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Earned hope
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- Best friend
- Mutual pining
- Sweet / tender
- Romantic fulfillment
- Damaged survivor
- Forbidden love
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Beautiful grief
- Secretly soft
- Hurt/comfort
- Tension / anticipation
- Longing glances
- Touch starvation
Fantasy promise
- Historical fantasy romance
- Friends to lovers
- Manor house / estate
- Historical
- Humans only
- Royal court / palace
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- Alternate history
- Slow burn
- Forest / wilderness
- Gothic
- Low fantasy / secret magic
Reading experience
- Third person
- Slow
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Medium
- Caretaker
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- Haunting
- Lush
- Fallen noble / disgraced heir
- Melancholic
- Protector
- Magical
- Atmospheric
- Haunted castle
- Sacrifice for love
- Forbidden knowledge
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Book details
- Length
- 352 pages
- Publisher
- HarperTeen
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book