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Forged by Shadows: Shadowed Souls Book One

Top 200 · #198 in Enemies to Lovers Romance on Amazon
Maddison Cole
SpiceDarkness

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Why we recommend it

Shadows and forged bonds give this paranormal-tinged dark romance its brooding edge, where damaged souls find each other in the gloom. Expect a morally grey protector, a heavy atmosphere thick with danger, and a slow burn that builds toward devotion. The tone leans mysterious and intense, with forbidden pull and high stakes. For readers who like their darkness laced with the otherworldly and their romance hard-won.

At a glance

Forged by Shadows is a bully romance by Maddison Cole. With 3/5 for spice and 4/5 for darkness it sits mid-range for bully romance (of the 419 bully romance books on Readark, 9% rate lower for darkness and almost none lower for spice). Its tropes include bully, dark protector and slow burn. 2 content warnings are listed below, hidden until you tap.

Book details

Published
August 2024

Forged by Shadows spice level

Forged by Shadows 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

Forged by Shadows content warnings

We list 2 content warnings for this book. They stay hidden until you tap, so you can check without spoilers.

Content warnings (tap to reveal)
  • Emotional Abuse / Gaslighting
  • Graphic Violence

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