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- Content warnings: Kidnapping, Captivity, Imprisonment, Torture, Violence, Graphic violence, Child abuse (referenced), Parental abuse, Sexual assault (referenced), Trauma, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Manipulation
Court of Blood and Bindings
by Lisette Marshall
Book 1 in Fae Isles
A captor-captive fae romance where the assassin can't speak and the heroine teaches him sign language - that detail alone is worth showing up for. Steamy when it lands, and the magic system is genuinely fresh.
goodreads 4.01/5 21,892 ratings
storykind_community 4.2/5 5 ratings
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Length436 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · 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
- Addictive read
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- Assassin/spy
- Captor/captive
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Tension / anticipation
- The swoon
- Dark/tortured soul
- Protective love interest
- Possessive / claiming
- Obsessed
- Fae prince
- Love/hate tension
- Slow burn with late spice
- Book hangover incoming
- Mutual pining
- Marking / biting
- The angst delivered
- Warrior/fighter
- Tension
- Monster
- Possessive love interest
- Anticipation
- Power imbalance
- Longing glances
- Touch her and die
- Eye contact intensity
- Wall pinning
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Marking hickeys
- Possessive
- Marking
- Claiming
- Dominance
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Size difference
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Fae romance
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Castle / fortress
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- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Demons
- Captive romance
- Coastal / island / beach
- Kidnapped by the hero
- Forbidden love
- Forced proximity
- Magic bond
Reading experience
- First person
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Witch/mage
- MC 20-30
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- Intense
- Lush
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Disabled love interest (LI)
- Outcast/loner
- Yearning
- Character-driven
- Reluctant chosen one
- Magical
- Immersive
- Survivor
- Dangerous
- Fae courts and politics
- Court of shadows
- Bargain with consequences
- Forbidden desire
- Enemies forced to ally
- The long game
- Morally complex
- Page turner
- Addictive pacing
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Book details
- Length
- 436 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book