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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Blood, Gore, Captivity, Kidnapping, Torture, Death, Trauma, Manipulation, Body horror, Injury detail
Broken Souls and Bones
by L.J. Andrews
Book 1 in Stonegate
Nordic romantasy with a nonverbal MMC who signs and a heroine whose magic literally pulls bones.
goodreads 4.13/5 12,078 ratings
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Length480 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice2/5 · Passionate / intense
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
- Passionate / intense
- The angst delivered
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- Morally gray
- Captor/captive
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Tension finally satisfied
- Warrior/fighter
- Protective love interest
- Slow burn with late spice
- Addictive read
- Protector
- Possessive love interest
- Possessive / claiming
- Book hangover incoming
- Dark/tortured soul
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Possessive/protective
- Secretly soft
- Touch her and die
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Forbidden love
- Wall pinning
- Longing glances
- Touch starvation
- Possessive
- Marking
- Power exchange
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Humans only
- Forced proximity
- Castle / fortress
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- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Bodyguard/protection detail
- Fated mates
- Hidden identity
- Found family
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Heavy
- Witch/mage
- Disabled love interest (LI)
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- Intense
- Immersive
- Blood mage / forbidden magic user
- MC 20-30
- Tense
- Necromancer / death magic user
- Character-driven
- Damaged survivor
- Yearning
- Haunting
- Brooding
- Dangerous
- Forbidden knowledge
- Cursed bloodline
- Court of shadows
- Deadly trials
- Slow descent into darkness
- Morally complex
- Page turner
- Cliffhanger warning
- No one is safe
- Bonds forged in war
- War-torn kingdom
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Book details
- Length
- 480 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book