Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy
Curse of Shadows and Thorns: A romantic fantasy
Amazon Bestseller · #9 in Norse & Viking Myth & Legend
Book 1 in the The Broken Kingdoms series · Reading order →
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Why we recommend it
Thorns, curses and a dangerous bargain set the stage for this romantic fantasy of antagonists pulled into reluctant closeness. The atmosphere is lush and shadowed, balancing magic and menace with a slow-burning attraction that smolders beneath distrust. A morally grey hero and a heroine caught in a cursed fate keep the tension taut. Readers who love fairy-tale darkness, enemies-to-lovers heat and immersive fantasy worldbuilding will be enchanted.
At a glance
Curse of Shadows and Thorns is a dark romantasy by LJ Andrews. Spice 3/5, darkness 3/5 — on the lighter side for dark romantasy. Among 648 rated dark romantasy books, almost none are less dark and 8% less spicy. Tagged tropes include slow burn, enemies to lovers and alpha hero. It is lighter than LJ Andrews’s other books on Readark (average darkness 3.5/5). It runs to 356 pages. 1 content warning is listed below, hidden until you tap.
Book details
- Pages
- 356
- Published
- September 2021
Curse of Shadows and Thorns spice level
Curse of Shadows and Thorns 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 3/5: genuinely dark, meaning violence, coercion or captivity drive the plot, not just the mood. How we rate
Curse of Shadows and Thorns content warnings
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- Graphic Violence
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