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- Content warnings: Violence, Gore, Blood, Death, Parental death, Anxiety, Mental illness, Substance abuse, Bullying, Trauma, Dubious consent, Sexual content
Phantasma
by Kaylie Smith
Book 1 in Wicked Games
A haunted-mansion death game with nine hell-inspired trials, a necromancer FMC with on-page OCD rep, and a phantom love interest who feels like a sin you'd commit twice. High-heat, high-stakes, impossible to put down.
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Length497 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Intense / passionate
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)
- Instant attraction
- High
- Intense / passionate
- Addictive read
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- Morally gray
- Forbidden love
- Dominant vibes
- Tension finally satisfied
- Mysterious stranger
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Possessive / claiming
- Adrenaline rush
- Dark/tortured soul
- Possessive love interest
- Dirty talk heavy
- The swoon
- Demon lord
- Slow burn
- Eye contact intensity
- Book boyfriend/girlfriend acquired
- Possessive alpha
- Experienced x innocent
- Power dynamic
- Feral brain activated
- Cursed
- Push and pull
- Tension / anticipation
- Obsessive love interest
- Praise kink
- Teasing control
- Possessive/protective
- Wall pinning
- Dirty talk (sweet/playful)
- Touch starvation
- Lap sitting
- Power exchange
- Possessive
- Claiming
- Dominance
- Soft dom energy
- Oral focus
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Manor house / estate
- Gothic
- Demons
- Competition romance
- Competition / games
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- Paranormal
- Ghosts
- Games/trials romance
- Underground / underworld
- Urban fantasy
- Spirits
- Demon romance
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Dark romance
- Other
- Survival romance
- Soulmate/destined bond
- Virgin x experienced
- Who hurt you
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Witch/mage
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- Neurodivergent MC
- Cinematic
- Necromancer / death magic user
- Mental health rep
- Immersive
- Survivor
- Anxiety rep
- Seductive
- Protector
- MC 20-30
- Intense
- Dramatic
- Reluctant chosen one
- Steamy
- Dangerous
- Edgy
- Thrilling
- Suspenseful
- Mysterious
- Unhinged
- Sensual
- Nine circles of hell inspired trials
- Haunted mansion competition
- Caraval meets Throne of Glass
- New Orleans gothic
- Deal with a phantom
- OCD rep on page
- Doomed love
- Phantom of the Opera retelling
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Book details
- Length
- 497 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book