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- Content warnings: Racism/bigotry, Slavery, Sexism, Colonialism, Violence, Manipulation
Sorcerer to the Crown
by Zen Cho
Book 1 in Sorcerer Royal
Regency fantasy of manners with razor-edged colonial commentary and a freed Black Sorcerer Royal who deserves better than his job
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Length384 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Closed door
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Intellectual connection
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Delayed romance
- Low
- Closed door
- Intellectual satisfaction
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- Scholar/intellectual
- Academic rivals
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Thought-provoking
- Reluctant hero
- Slow burn
- Sweet / tender
- Perspective shift
- Mutual pining
- Tension
- Earned hope
- Longing glances
- Playful banter
Fantasy promise
- Historical fantasy romance
- Opposites attract
- Royal court / palace
- Historical
- Fae
- Fae romance
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- Academy / campus
- Regency/victorian
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Manor house / estate
- Fae realm / faerie courts
- Ghosts
- Fairytale retelling
- Big city / metropolis
- Alternate history
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Whimsical
- Witty
- Moderate
- Witch/mage
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- BIPOC MC
- Satirical
- Ambitious schemer
- BIPOC love interest (LI)
- Humorous
- Classical
- Black MC
- Atmospheric
- Sharp
- Interracial romance
- Playful
- Dry
- Lighthearted
- Literary
- Fae courts and politics
- Political intrigue
- Forbidden knowledge
- Court of shadows
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Book details
- Length
- 384 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book