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Song of Silver, Flame Like Night

by Amélie Wen Zhao

🌶️fade to black·spoiler·Song of the Last Kingdom #1

Why Read This?

You'll be immersed in a richly-woven world of Chinese mythology while following a compelling heroine's journey from powerless survivor to chosen one.

Synopsis

Lan spends her nights as a songgirl in Haak’gong, a city transformed by the Elantian colonizers. Her days are consumed by the search for knowledge about the strange mark—an untranslatable Hin character—burned into her arm by her mother in her last act before she died. Zen is a practitioner—one of the fabled magicians of the Last Kingdom. He’s never seen anything like Lan’s mark, but he knows that if there are answers, they lie deep in the pine forests and misty mountains of the Last Kingdom, with an order of practitioning masters planning to overthrow the Elantian regime. Yet, both Lan and Zen are hiding secrets—secrets that are buried deep within them. Secrets that even they have still to unearth. Both hold the power to liberate their land, if they don't destroy it first. Now the battle for the Last Kingdom begins.

At a Glance

3.77 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️fade to black
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

hidden identityblood feud romancementor/student dynamics

Mood

intensesecretiveepicdarkatmospheric

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.77 ★

Page Count

80 pages

Published

2023

Primary Genre

Young Adult

Pairing

M/F

POV

Third Person

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Unknown Narrator

Narrator Count

Single

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

FMC: reluctant chosen one sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

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deathdeath of loved onetorturetraumaviolencecaptivitycolonizationgenocidegriefwar

World & Setting

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Reading Context

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