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- Content warnings: Grief, Substance abuse, Death of loved one, Child death, Torture, Blood
Before We Collide
by Kate Dylan
Book 2 in Until We Shatter
Aching slow burn with a prophecy that only Raya can see and a half-Shade who refuses to care.
goodreads 4.01/5 97 ratings
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Length320 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Slow seduction
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Slow seduction
- Addictive read
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Tension / anticipation
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Longing glances
- Earned hope
- Forbidden love
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- The angst delivered
- Fated mates
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Ear whispers / breath on neck
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Academy / campus
- High fantasy
- Humans only
- Academy / school
- Prophecy-driven love
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Intense
- Punchy
- Heavy
- Medium
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- Bookworm/scholar
- MC 20-30
- Yearning
- Fast-paced
- Reluctant chosen one
- Atmospheric
- Fallen noble / disgraced heir
- Dark
- Angsty
- Dramatic
- Tense
- Forbidden desire
- Chosen one burden
- Forbidden knowledge
- The long game
- Bargain with consequences
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Book details
- Length
- 320 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book