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- Content warnings: Graphic violence, Death, Torture, Suicidal ideation, Emotional abuse, Death of loved one, Grief, War
Among the Burning Flowers
by Samantha Shannon
A devastating prequel that makes you feel the weight of every choice before the world burns
goodreads 4.12/5 9,904 ratings
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Length288 pages
Story statusCompleted
Spice1/5 · Devastating and restrained - an arranged marriage where love grows in the silence between duty and desire, every unspoken word heavy with what the world won't allow.
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- F/F
- Slow burn
- Low
- Devastating and restrained - an arranged marriage where love grows in the silence between duty and desire, every unspoken word heavy with what the world won't allow.
- Book hangover
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- Power imbalance
- Longing glances
- Cathartic release
- Star-crossed
- Tension
- The angst delivered
- Mutual pining
- Anticipation
- Beautiful grief
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Expanded empathy
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy
- Arranged marriage
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Dragons
- War front / rebellion
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- Survival romance
- Star-crossed lovers
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- High
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- Royalty
- Sapphic
- Epic
- Lush
- Survivor
- Queer
- Bittersweet
- Earnest
- Warrior/fighter
- BIPOC MC
- Haunting
- Atmospheric
- Rebel leader / revolutionary
- Dramatic
- Intense
- Emotional
- War-torn kingdom
- Survival against impossible odds
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Book details
- Length
- 288 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book