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- Content warnings: Infertility, Dubious consent, Sexual assault (referenced), Violence, Pregnancy / childbirth, Toxic relationships, Stalking, Trauma, Kidnapping, Death of a parent, Blood, Sexual content
Conclave
by Penelope Douglas
It gives Devil's Night readers the group reckoning between Kill Switch and Nightfall. The plot is setup, but the character pressure and Rika reveal give the novella its bite.
goodreads 3.82/5 104,387 ratings
storykind_community 3/5 7 ratings
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Length114 pages
Story statusCompleted
Spice5/5 · Intense / passionate
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Established relationship
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- High
- Intense / passionate
- The angst delivered
- Villain
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- Found family
- Rough / aggressive style
- Cathartic release
- Feral/unhinged
- Mutual pining
- Emotional / loving
- Found family feels
- Morally gray
- Possessive love interest
- Dark / taboo style
- Tension finally satisfied
- Possessive alpha
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Possessive / claiming style
- Power imbalance
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Marking hickeys
- Rough but consensual
- Mine declarations
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Power exchange
- Degradation (light)
- Exhibitionism
- Possessive
- Dominance
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Ship / at sea
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Forced proximity
- Stuck together
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- Secret relationship
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Edgy
- Heavy
- Medium
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- Intense
- Emotional
- Survivor
- Punchy
- Ambitious schemer
- Brooding
- Raw
- Tense
- Angsty
- Suspenseful
- Dangerous
- Morally complex
- The long game
- Battle of wills
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 114 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book