Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Attempted sexual assault, Graphic violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Captivity, Parental death, Death, Murder, War, Panic attacks, PTSD, Self-harm, Sexual content, Cheating, Grief, Blood, Injury detail, Betrayal
Between Tides & Thunder
by Leena Kazak
Book 1 in Between Tides & Thunder
Zev's storm magic is the least dangerous thing on the page once Mayah's secrets start breaking open. The slow burn earns every ugly choice it has to survive.
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storykind_community 3.67/5 3 ratings
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Length496 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 2 books
Spice3/5 · Slow burn with late spice
PacingMedium
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
- Medium
- Slow burn with late spice
- Book hangover
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- Brooding prince
- Love/hate tension
- Tension / anticipation focus
- The angst delivered
- Dark/tortured soul
- Forbidden love
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Betrayal to trust
- Tension
- Romantic fulfillment
- Secretly soft
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Anticipation
- Earned hope
- War general / commander
- Protective love interest
- Possessive/protective
- Closure
- Warrior/fighter
- He falls first
- Longing glances
- Obsessed
- Praise kink
- The swoon
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Banter
- Touch her and die
- Only soft for them
- Hurt/comfort
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- War front / rebellion
- High fantasy
- Humans only
- Royal court / palace
- Arranged marriage
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- Forest / wilderness
- Forced proximity
- Marriage of convenience
- Forced to marry
- Only one bed
- Found family
- Forced alliance
Reading experience
- First person
- Adventurous
- Emotional
- Heavy
- High
- General badass
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- Romantic
- Immersive
- Healer
- Intense
- Dramatic
- Royalty
- Angsty
- Character-driven
- Survivor
- Yearning
- Unreliable narrator
- Deceptively deadly
- Tense
- Fast-paced
- Epic
- Enemies forced to ally
- Star-crossed lovers
- War-torn kingdom
- Political intrigue
- Emotional devastation
- Unputdownable
- Slow start explosive finish
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Book details
- Length
- 496 pages
- Publisher
- Leena Kazak
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book