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- Content warnings: Graphic violence, Child abuse (referenced), Substance abuse, Torture, Blood, Captivity, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Trauma, Violence
The Wren in the Holly Library
by K.A. Linde
Book 1 in The Oak and Holly Cycle
A thief breaks into a monster's library and walks straight into a bargain with teeth. The romance is slow-burn and open-door, but the real pull is the ruined New York setting and the feeling that every secret has a cost.
goodreads 3.77/5 37,131 ratings
storykind_community 3.83/5 6 ratings
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Length400 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · 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
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- Addictive read
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- Morally gray
- Slow / sensual
- Tension finally satisfied
- Dark/tortured soul
- Forbidden love
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Possessive alpha
- Power imbalance
- Praise kink
- Push and pull
- Teasing control
- Wall pinning
- Possessive/protective
- Tension
- Anticipation
Fantasy promise
- Urban fantasy romance
- Beauty and the beast
- Big city / metropolis
- Urban fantasy
- Monsters
- Forced proximity
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- Library
- Paranormal
- Fae
- Hidden identity
- Post-apocalyptic
- Vampires
- Dark romance
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Secret power
- Monster romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Mysterious
- Seductive
- Moderate
- Spy/thief
- Dark
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- Survivor
- Atmospheric
- Immersive
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Romantic
- Tense
- Beauty and the Beast retelling
- Forbidden desire
- Heist energy
- Bargain with consequences
- Cliffhanger warning
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Book details
- Length
- 400 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book