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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Death, Murder, War, Captivity, Trauma, Coercive control, Toxic relationships
Dark Fae
by Quinn Blackbird
Book 1 in Dark Fae Apocalypse
This is compact, brutal paranormal romance with a captured-human setup and a love interest who is more danger than comfort. The pull is the unnerving slow burn: every rescue feels like another kind of trap.
goodreads 3.79/5 1,513 ratings
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Length230 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 2 books
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
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)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Adrenaline rush
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- Anti-hero
- Captor/captive
- Slow seduction
- Book hangover incoming
- Villain
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Dark / taboo style
- The angst delivered
- Warrior/fighter
- Power imbalance
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Morally gray
- Obsessive love interest
- Tension
- Predator x prey
- Longing glances
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
Fantasy promise
- Paranormal romance
- Fae romance
- War front / rebellion
- Fae
- Shadow beings / shadow fae
- Captive romance
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- Dark romance
- Villain gets the girl
- Survival romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Survivor
- Dangerous
- Fast-paced
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- Runaway / on the run
- Tense
- Intense
- Damaged survivor
- Gothic
- Suspenseful
- Gritty
- Survival against impossible odds
- Enemies forced to ally
- Slow descent into darkness
- Cliffhanger warning
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Book details
- Length
- 230 pages
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Language
- English
- Format
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