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- Content warnings: Death of a parent, Death of loved one, Grief, Religious trauma, Trauma
Quiet Spells
by Isa Agajanian
Book 2 in Spells for Life and Death
Grief, necromancy, and academic rivals who finally stop pretending. Agajanian writes ghosts that feel real and yearning that hurts.
goodreads 3.75/5 163 ratings
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Length400 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Tension / anticipation
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Academic rivals
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Tension / anticipation
- The angst delivered
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Rivals to lovers
- Emotional intimacy focus
- Cathartic release
- Secretly soft
- Longing glances
- Beautiful grief
- Scholar/intellectual
- Mutual pining
- Slow burn with late spice
- Tension finally satisfied
- Necromancer / death magic user
- Hurt/comfort
- Tension
- Touch starvation
- Eye contact intensity
- Anticipation
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Academy / campus
- Urban fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Small town / village
- Low fantasy / secret magic
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- Ghosts
- Found family
- Cottage / cabin / homestead
- Necromancers
- Second chance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Atmospheric
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- High
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- Witch/mage
- Queer
- Melancholic
- Bookworm/scholar
- Neurodivergent MC
- Haunting
- Introspective
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Yearning
- Literary
- Emotional
- Magical
- Sacrifice for love
- Forbidden knowledge
- Cursed bloodline
- Emotional devastation
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 400 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book