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- Content warnings: Violence, Blood, Death, Betrayal, Trauma, Grief, Captivity, Manipulation, Sexual content
Of Silver and Curses
by Maddox Grey
Book 1 in Lingering Fates
queernormative fated mates done right - both leads furious about it and the banter is unhinged. spicy standalone in a series.
goodreads 4.28/5 120 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 1 rating
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Length404 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Nonbinary
- Rekindled
- High
- Passionate / intense
- The angst delivered
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- Morally gray
- Fated mates
- Rough / primal
- Tension finally satisfied
- Cursed
- Morally gray x morally gray
- Possessive / claiming
- The swoon
- Feral/unhinged
- Love/hate tension
- Primal / feral style
- Obsessed
- Anti-hero
- Banter
- Tension / anticipation
- Found family feels
- Shapeshifter
- Betrayal to trust
- Marking / biting
- Feral brain activated
- Found family
- Marking hickeys
- Feral devotion
- Rough but consensual
- Possessive/protective
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Tension
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Possessive
- Marking
- Claiming
- Primal play (hunting/chasing)
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Forest / wilderness
- High fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Cottage / cabin / homestead
- Low fantasy / secret magic
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- Werewolves
- Forced proximity
- Shifters
- Second chance
- Fae
- Rejected mate
- Shifter romance
- Forbidden love
- Magic bond
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Sharp
- Moderate
- Witch/mage
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- Nonbinary main character or love interest (MC/LI)
- Intense
- Witty
- Outcast/loner
- Queer
- Feral
- Banter-heavy
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Sapphic
- Atmospheric
- MC 20-30
- Angsty
- Steamy
- Edgy
- Enchanted forest
- Cursed bloodline
- Forbidden desire
- Enemies forced to ally
- Bonds forged in war
- Morally complex
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 404 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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