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This Is How You Lose the Time War

by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

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Why Read This?

You'll experience a hauntingly beautiful love story that redefines connection across time and conflict.

Synopsis

Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war.

At a Glance

3.84 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️fade to black
Endingspoiler
PairingF/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

hidden identitysecret relationshipbet/wager romance

Mood

mysteriousintenseatmosphericmelancholicromantic

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.84 ★

Page Count

209 pages

Published

2019

Primary Genre

Sci-fi

Pairing

F/F

POV

Multi-POV

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Cynthia Farrell|Emily Woo

Narrator Count

Dual

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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Mood

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Spice Details 🌶️

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deathtraumaviolencecaptivitydubious consentexecutiongriefimprisonmentstalkingwar

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