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- Content warnings: Murder, Torture, Graphic violence, Animal death, Cult themes, Blood, Natural disaster
Burning Water
by Mercedes Lackey
Book 1 in Diana Tregarde
Read this when you want the old bones of urban fantasy: a witch heroine, psychic detective work, and a case that gets genuinely grim. It is useful catalog overlap without pretending romance is the point.
goodreads 3.89/5 6,138 ratings
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Is this story right for you?
A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length336 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice1/5
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Low
- Adrenaline rush
- Vicarious thrill
Fantasy promise
- Urban fantasy
- Big city / metropolis
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Contemporary
- Gods/deities
- Mythological
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- Psychics
- Paranormal
Reading experience
- Third person
- Fast
- Dark
- Fast-paced
- Heavy
- Medium
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- Witch/mage
- Mysterious
- Suspenseful
- Protector
- Edgy
- General badass
- Dangerous
- Atmospheric
- Mythic
- Forbidden knowledge
- Protect at all costs
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 336 pages
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book