Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy
A Sword of Shadow and Deceit
SpiceDarkness
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Why we recommend it
A dark fantasy romance where a sword of shadow and deceit collides with forbidden attraction. Epic worldbuilding meets slow-burn tension.
At a glance
A Sword of Shadow and Deceit is a dark romantasy by Lucinda Dark. With 3/5 for spice and 4/5 for darkness it sits mid-range for dark romantasy (of the 648 dark romantasy books on Readark, 34% rate lower for darkness and 8% lower for spice). Its tropes include slow burn, forbidden romance and morally grey MC. It is about as dark as Lucinda Dark’s other books on Readark (average darkness 4.0/5). It runs to 398 pages. 1 content warning is listed below, hidden until you tap.
Book details
- Pages
- 398
- Published
- April 2025
A Sword of Shadow and Deceit spice level
A Sword of Shadow and Deceit is rated 3/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: open door, meaning explicit scenes written plainly, but not the engine of the book. Its darkness rating is 4/5: heavy, meaning sustained cruelty, trauma or non-consent central to the relationship. How we rate
A Sword of Shadow and Deceit content warnings
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- Graphic Violence
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