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- Content warnings: Child sexual abuse, Sexual assault (referenced), Suicidal ideation, Depression, Anxiety, Panic attacks, Grief, Death of loved one, Death of sibling, Murder, Violence, Trauma
Ocean of Ink
by A.R. Conwell
Book 1 in The Obsidian Academy Duet
An emotion-reading heroine, a prince she can't read, and a murder she has to solve before the island claims her too. The yearning runs deep and the dread runs deeper.
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Length369 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 2 books
Spice0/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Mutual pining
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- None
- Closed door / fade to black
- The angst delivered
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- Brooding prince
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Tension finally satisfied
- Dark/tortured soul
- Only one who understands them
- The swoon
- Secretly soft
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Dark academia romance
- Academy / campus
- Academy / school
- Cryptids
- Coastal / island / beach
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- High fantasy
- Secret society
- Forbidden love
- He falls first
- Forced proximity
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Heavy
- Prophetess/seer
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- Depression rep
- Emotional
- Damaged survivor
- Anxiety rep
- Yearning
- Mental health rep
- Mysterious
- Immersive
- Melancholic
- Lush
- Brooding
- Gritty
- Haunting
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Book details
- Length
- 369 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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