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- Content warnings: Graphic violence, Torture, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Imprisonment, Trauma
To Cage a Wild Bird
by Brooke Fast
A brutal, adrenaline-fueled dystopian romance where survival is the baseline and trust is the real currency - think The Hunger Games meets dark romantasy with a slow-burn that actually burns.
goodreads 3.99/5 24,833 ratings
storykind_community 4.25/5 4 ratings
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Length384 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice3/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
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
- The angst delivered
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- Morally gray
- Forbidden love
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Adrenaline rush
- Dark/tortured soul
- Hurt/comfort
- Tension / anticipation
- Feral brain activated
- Mysterious stranger
- Morally gray x morally gray
- Tension
- Possessive/protective
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Touch starvation
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Captive romance
- Prison / captivity
- Dystopian
- Humans only
- Survival romance
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- Found family
- Touch her and die
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Raw
- Heavy
- High
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- General badass
- Intense
- Survivor
- Gritty
- Suspenseful
- Tense
- Cinematic
- Vengeful / revenge-driven
- Dangerous
- Immersive
- Gladiator arena
- Survival against impossible odds
- No one is safe
- Cliffhanger warning
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Book details
- Length
- 384 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book