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- Content warnings: Mental illness, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Violence, Death, Grief, Abandonment, Sexual content
Shadows of the Gods
by Shay Taylor
Book 1 in Fourth Born Series
A forbidden fourth-born hiding from the gods falls for the God of Death himself. Morally gray meets morally gray, both refusing to acknowledge what is happening between them.
goodreads 4.13/5 415 ratings
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Length555 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
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Tension finally satisfied
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- God/deity
- Tension / anticipation
- The swoon
- Morally gray
- Forbidden love
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Addictive read
- Dark/tortured soul
- Love/hate tension
- Slow burn with late spice
- Book hangover incoming
- Immortal/ancient
- Morally gray x morally gray
- Longing glances
- Power imbalance
- Tension
- Touch starvation
- Eye contact intensity
- Possessive
- Claiming
- Dominance
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Gods/deities
- Underground / underworld
- Grimdark / dark fantasy
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- Necromancers
- Mythological
- Reapers
- Immortal/mortal romance
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Prophecy-driven love
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Necromancer / death magic user
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- Mental health rep
- Lyrical
- Outcast/loner
- Yearning
- Witty
- Intense
- Banter-heavy
- Prophetess/seer
- Mysterious
- Emotional
- Haunting
- Dramatic
- Forbidden desire
- Forbidden knowledge
- Court of shadows
- Morally complex
- Battle of wills
- Cursed bloodline
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Book details
- Length
- 555 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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