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- Content warnings: Violence, Kidnapping, Captivity, Blood, Magical coercion, Death
Crown of Fire
by Linsey Hall
Book 1 in Dragon's Gift: The Forbidden Fae
The hook is brutally simple: he needs her dead to save his court, and she needs him close enough to kill first. Come for the fated-mate disaster math; stay for the Fire Court secrets and a final turn that refuses to tuck itself in neatly.
goodreads 3.97/5 4,032 ratings
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Length238 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice2/5 · Tension / anticipation
PacingFast
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)
- Instant attraction
- Medium
- Tension / anticipation
- Addictive read
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- King / ruling monarch
- Fated mates
- Longing glances
- The swoon
- Fae prince
- Forbidden love
- Slow seduction
- Adrenaline rush
- Morally gray
- Push and pull
- Possessive / claiming
- Possessive alpha
- Star-crossed
- Touch starvation
- Captor/captive
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Possessive/protective
Fantasy promise
- Urban fantasy romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Urban fantasy
- Fae
- Royal court / palace
- Fae realm / faerie courts
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- Demons
- Fae romance
- Captive romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Adventurous
- Fast-paced
- Moderate
- Reluctant chosen one
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- Magical
- Punchy
- Survivor
- Tense
- Atmospheric
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Yearning
- Dangerous
- Fae courts and politics
- Enemies forced to ally
- Chosen one burden
- Frozen wasteland
- Star-crossed lovers
- Cliffhanger warning
- Page turner
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 238 pages
- Publisher
- Bonnie Doon Press
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book