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- Content warnings: Death, Death of loved one, Grief, Trauma, Depression
Ava and the Ghost
by Hash Blink
A 123-page illustrated grief story that hits like a punch and looks like a painting.
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length123 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Hurt/comfort
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Rekindled
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Beautiful grief
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Betrayal to trust
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Cathartic release
- Cursed
- Only one who understands them
- Tension / anticipation
- Earned hope
- Mysterious stranger
- Mutual pining
- Longing glances
- Expanded empathy
- Tension
- Touch starvation
- Forehead touching
Fantasy promise
- Graphic novel
- Second chance
- Small town / village
- Paranormal
- Ghosts
- Reconnecting after tragedy
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- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Spirits
- Homecoming / small town return
- Gothic
- Contemporary
- The one that got away
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Haunting
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Damaged survivor
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- MC 20-30
- Melancholic
- Atmospheric
- Outcast/loner
- Emotional
- Soft/gentle
- Bittersweet
- Dreamy
- Poetic
- Introspective
- Eerie
- Haunted castle
- Redemption
- Betrayal and forgiveness
- Emotional devastation
- Cursed bloodline
- Morally complex
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 123 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book