Book profile
Shadow and Bone
- Subgenre
- romantasy
- Edition year
- 2012
- Spice
- Heat not verified
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Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is uprooted from her ordinary life and separated from her only friend Mal to train as the protegé of the mysterious Darkling. Believed to be the Sun Summoner, a member of the magical elite destined to destroy the monsters of the Fold, she is forced into close proximity with the Darkling as she embarks on a high-fantasy quest to fulfill her prophesied role and protect her world from the Fold's threat.
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- Chosen One: “in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold” source
- Forced Proximity: “taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling” source
- High Fantasy: “join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold” source
- Quest: “who can destroy the monsters of the Fold” source
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Content notes
- death of parent
Heat and content-note sources
death of parent: “Orphaned by the Border Wars” Source
