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- Content warnings: Violence, War, Death, Blood, Captivity, Betrayal, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual content
Kingdom of Blood and Salt
by Alexis Calder
Book 1 in Blood and Salt
The appeal is blunt and effective: a last human city, a fae delegation collecting tributes, and one alliance that keeps getting less theoretical. Book two will not feel optional.
goodreads 3.96/5 14,695 ratings
storykind_community 3.67/5 3 ratings
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Length328 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
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
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Book hangover incoming
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- Fae prince
- Love/hate tension
- Slow seduction
- Adrenaline rush
- Morally gray
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Possessive / claiming
- The angst delivered
- Possessive alpha
- Forbidden love
- Tension / anticipation
- Mysterious stranger
- Push and pull
- Tension
- Possessive love interest
- Longing glances
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Possessive
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Fae romance
- War front / rebellion
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- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Vampires
- Shifters
- Forced alliance
- Dragons
- Secret alliance
- Adventure romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Intense
- Fast-paced
- Heavy
- Medium
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- Warrior/fighter
- Dangerous
- Dramatic
- Sacrifice / chosen to die
- Angsty
- Seductive
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Steamy
- Cinematic
- Protector
- Enemies forced to ally
- Fae courts and politics
- Political intrigue
- War-torn kingdom
- Bargain with consequences
- Cliffhanger warning
- Series binge material
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Book details
- Length
- 328 pages
- Publisher
- Illaria Publishing
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book