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- Content warnings: Violence, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Child abuse (referenced), Drugging, Blood, Injury detail, Death of a parent, Murder, Fire, Death, Forced marriage, Sexism, Misogyny, Classism
Rebel of the Sands
by Alwyn Hamilton
Book 1 in Rebel of the Sands
Sharpshooter heroine + djinn magic + desert rebellion - a romantasy where the heroine is genuinely deadly with a gun and the slow-burn romance hides a prince in disguise.
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Length314 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice1/5 · 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
- Slow burn
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Delayed romance
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Adrenaline rush
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- Mysterious stranger
- Partners in crime
- Tension / anticipation
- Escape
- Rogue/scoundrel
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Longing glances
- Tension finally satisfied
- Hidden royalty
- Protective love interest
- Tension
- Earned hope
- Morally gray
- Mutual pining
- Anticipation
- The swoon
- Protector
- Push and pull
- Eye contact intensity
- Banter
Fantasy promise
- Ya romantasy
- Desert / frontier
- High fantasy
- Djinn
- Hidden identity
- War front / rebellion
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- Mythological
- Other
- Secret heir/royalty
- Small town / village
- Adventure romance
- Survival romance
- Forbidden love
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Adventurous
- Cinematic
- Moderate
- General badass
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- BIPOC MC
- Dangerous
- Atmospheric
- Hunter
- BIPOC love interest (LI)
- Witty
- Reluctant hero
- MC 20-30
- Tense
- Punchy
- Deceptively deadly
- Magical
- Fast-paced
- Survivor
- Yearning
- Immersive
- Mythic
- Epic
- Dramatic
- Underground rebellion
- Reluctant royalty
- Arabian Nights retelling
- War-torn kingdom
- Enemies forced to ally
- Forbidden knowledge
- Bonds forged in war
- The long game
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 314 pages
- Publisher
- Viking Books for Young Readers
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book