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The Entanglement of Rival Wizards

by Sara Raasch

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️explicit·spoiler·Magic and Romance #1

Why Read This?

A laugh-out-loud M/M romantasy romcom where rival wizard grad students are forced to collaborate, delivering top-tier banter, genuinely steamy scenes, surprisingly real emotional depth about trauma, and a half-giant best friend you will adore

Synopsis

Ali Hazelwood meets Dungeons & Dragons in this enemies-to-lovers fantasy academia romcom where rival grad student wizards are forced to work together without killing―or falling for―each other. Will they conjure love, or evoke chaos? Two rival wizards are about to find out. Sebastian Walsh: twenty-four. Grad student at Lesiara University in the Mageus of Evocation program. Human. The first of his family to go to college rather than the military (and it goes over at family get-togethers about as well as you’d think). Elethior Tourael: also twenty-four. Also a grad student, but in the far more inferior Mageus of Conjuration program. Half-elf. The latest in a long line of Touraels to grace the hallowed halls of Lesiara U (what would the world do if the Touraels ran out of rich douches to lead their magical weapons manufacturing empire?). ―and the other finalist for the Mageus Research Grant. Sebastian needs that grant to fund the last few months of research for his degree, after which he’ll get a job that actually helps people. He isn’t about to let anyone snatch this from him, least of all a snob who doesn’t even need the money because his family is loaded thanks to war profiteering. But there’s something worse than having a conceited academic nemesis steal grant money from you: you could be forced to work with him. Thio is secretive, broody, and his stunning biceps take up far too much shared lab space―but even as volatile as their partnership is, Sebastian just might find himself falling for his rival―and it could blow up his whole future.

At a Glance

4.21 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️explicit
Endingspoiler
PairingM/M
Romance Pacingmedium burn

Top Tropes

rivals competingcompetition romanceforced proximity

Mood

humorousromanticadventurousplayfulmagical

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.21 ★

Page Count

336 pages

Published

2025

Primary Genre

Fantasy Romance

Pairing

M/M

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Medium Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

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Spice Details 🌶️

comedic / playful style sign in to unlock

child abuse (referenced)self-harmparental abuseemotional abusePTSDtraumachildhood traumapanic attacksmental illness

World & Setting

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Reading Context

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