Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Imprisonment, Captivity, Violence, Graphic violence, Attempted sexual assault, Suicidal ideation, Trauma, Death, Murder, Abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Claustrophobia / confined spaces
Us Dark Few
by Alexis Patton
Book 1 in Us Dark Few
Underground prison dystopia, a captain who looks at her like a problem he wants to solve with his hands, and slow burn that never stops climbing.
goodreads 3.82/5 24,077 ratings
storykind_community 4.13/5 8 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length321 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Fade to black
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
- Low
- Fade to black
- The angst delivered
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Captor/captive
- Tension / anticipation
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Slow burn with late spice
- Addictive read
- War general / commander
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Book hangover incoming
- Anti-hero
- Forbidden love
- Wall pinning
- Adrenaline rush
- Love/hate tension
- Longing glances
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Eye contact intensity
- Touch starvation
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Captive romance
- Prison / captivity
- Dystopian
- Humans only
- Underground / underworld
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- Post-apocalyptic
- Bunker / base / compound
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Who hurt you
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Dark
- Heavy
- High
- Survivor
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- MC 20-30
- Intense
- Atmospheric
- Outcast/loner
- Bookworm/scholar
- Angsty
- Emotional
- Damaged survivor
- Yearning
- Immersive
- Brooding
- Forbidden desire
- Survival against impossible odds
- Underground rebellion
- Slow descent into darkness
- Deadly trials
- Morally complex
- Cliffhanger warning
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Book details
- Length
- 321 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book