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- Content warnings: Violence, Kidnapping, Captivity, Harassment, Sexual content
Heir of Shadows and Ice
by J.M. Wallace
Book 1 in Claiming Elfhame
Go in for a half-fae heroine forced into the Unseelie court, a morally gray prince who makes every alliance feel risky, and the kind of ending that practically shoves book two into your hand.
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Length340 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice2/5 · Slow burn with late spice
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
- Slow burn with late spice
- Book hangover incoming
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- Morally gray
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Tension / anticipation
- Adrenaline rush
- Fae prince
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Longing glances
- Earned hope
- Grumpy protector
- Touch starvation
- Protective love interest
- Push and pull
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Dark/tortured soul
- Forbidden love
- Tension
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Fae romance
- Royal court / palace
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Fae
- Forced proximity
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- Forest / wilderness
- High fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Prison / captivity
- Shadow beings / shadow fae
- Political intrigue
- Secret power
Reading experience
- First person
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Outcast/loner
- Plus size MC
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- Magical
- Dramatic
- Witch/mage
- Angsty
- Character-driven
- Illegitimate heir / bastard princess
- Dangerous
- Immersive
- Reluctant hero
- Tense
- Suspenseful
- Survivor
- Adventurous
- Fae courts and politics
- Forbidden desire
- Court of shadows
- Cliffhanger warning
- Slow start explosive finish
- Chosen one burden
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Book details
- Length
- 340 pages
- Publisher
- J.M. Wallace
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book