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TROPES AND THEMES

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A Curse of Crows

  • Fake dating

  • Hetero main romance

  • Sapphic side romance

  • Morally grey characters

  • Female rage

  • Main story + side story via visions

  • Deal with a dark god

  • Folklore and mythology

  • Shadow mommy FMC

  • Stepping stones to a greater, complex story

  • Inclusive: queer, mental health rep

  • Spice: 🌶️🌶️

A Dance of Serpents

  • Villain origin story

  • Betrayal, revenge and a reckoning . . .

  • Arthurian legends, myths and folklore

  • Lady of the Lake

  • Consequences of ancient magic

  • Keres & Diana's slowburn becomes an inferno

  • Seduce the Divine King with Keres' help

  • Lorcán returns . . .

  • Enemies want to abuse Diana's power

  • Magic training from the rogue

  • Female rage

  • Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Bloodlorn

Bloodlorn

  • Labour by Paris Paloma, but make it a book

  • Vampires

  • Sapphic main romance

  • Lovable magical sidekick

  • Magic system inspired by Dante’s Inferno

  • Female rage, in all its forms

  • Learning self-worth

  • Mental health rep

  • Villain(ess) gets the girl

  • Love letters

  • Gothic setting

  • ‘Who did this to you’

  • ‘I was sent to kill you’

  • Bath tub scene

  • Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

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  • Cosy romantic fantasy

  • Princess & Knight (General)

  • Set during Spring and Summer

  • 'Starlight' as a nickname

  • FMC refuses to say his actual name to feign disinterest

  • Mysterious background MMC

  • FMC can't lie, but is great at deceiving

  • A very dramatic and spirited floral mimic companion

  • Seelie versus Unseelie politics

  • A lovelorn matchmaker finally meets her match

  • Second chance romance

  • Forbidden romance with a dash of forced proximity

  • Unstoppable force meets inmovable object

  • Spice: 🌶️🌶️

Book no.1
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