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- Content warnings: Murder, Violence, Trauma, Grief, Kidnapping, Death
Shadowplay
by L.R. Lam
Book 2 in Micah Grey
A beautifully written queer romance with an intersex protagonist that handles identity and first love with rare tenderness. The Victorian-inspired magical world is atmospheric and original, and the slow-burn romance between Micah and Drystan is one of the most emotionally resonant in YA fantasy.
goodreads 4.14/5 1,296 ratings
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Length352 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice1/5 · Slow burn with late spice
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Friends to lovers
- M/M
- Slow burn
- Low
- Slow burn with late spice
- Book hangover
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Mutual pining
- Emotional / loving
- Found family feels
- Mysterious stranger
- Hurt/comfort
- Tension / anticipation focus
- The angst delivered
- Secretly soft
- Found family
- Longing glances
- Touch starvation
- Eye contact intensity
- Tension
- Anticipation
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Hidden identity
- Circus / theatre / performance troupe
- Historical
- Dragons
- Forbidden love
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- Big city / metropolis
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Survival romance
- Secret power
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Atmospheric
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Intersex MC
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- Mysterious
- Introspective
- Queer
- Bittersweet
- Immersive
- Bisexual MC
- Dreamy
- Emotional
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 352 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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