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Shatter Me Series 6-Book Box Set: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me

Tahereh Mafi

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Tone labels used: emotional, intense, dramatic, romantic, dark, thrilling, angsty, poetic, melodramatic, hopeful, tense, brooding, heart-stopping

Premise labels used: deadly touch, weaponized protagonist, government exploitation, rebellion, power awakening, identity crisis, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance, survival struggle, oppressed heroine

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Shatter Me Series 3-Book Box Set

Tahereh Mafi · 2016

A captive girl with a lethal touch is pulled into a violent regime, a resistance, and a dangerous love triangle.

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Tone labels: intense · emotional · dramatic · eerie · romantic · suspenseful · dark · poetic · angsty

Premise labels: deadly touch · weaponized protagonist · government captivity · escape from captivity · power awakening · forbidden love · love triangle · resistance against regime

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Shatter Me

Tahereh Mafi · 2011 · Shatter Me

A lethal-touch teenager trapped in a collapsing dystopia is pulled into a dangerous choice between compliance, rebellion, and romance.

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Tone labels: angsty · melodramatic · intense · dark · emotional · romantic · brooding · tragic

Premise labels: lethal touch · isolated heroine · weaponized power · corrupt regime · love triangle · survival choice · rebel weapon

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Born of Silence

Sherrilyn Kenyon · 2012 · The League: Nemesis Rising

A masked rebel and a resistance leader are torn apart by betrayal, forcing love, vengeance, and survival to collide.

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Tone labels: dark · emotional · heartbreaking · angsty · brutal · melodramatic · hopeful · intense · tragic · romantic

Premise labels: secret identity · double life · forbidden love · resistance uprising · tortured hero · betrayal · revenge · hidden heir · political overthrow

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Born For Marble

Nicci Harris · 2024 · The Cradled Common

A traumatized young queen and her stoic guardian risk forbidden love inside a brutal dystopian regime.

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Tone labels: dark · heartbreaking · emotional · angsty · tender · bittersweet · hopeful · intense · haunting · devastating · swoonworthy · romantic · raw

Premise labels: forbidden love · bodyguard romance · guardian romance · queen and protector · trauma recovery · oppressive regime · dystopian control · rebellion through love

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Born of Night

Sherrilyn Kenyon · 2009 · The League: Nemesis Rising

A hunted ex-assassin must protect a princess-target while both battle enemies, distrust, and an impossible attraction.

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Tone labels: angsty · emotional · dark · intense · melodramatic · sexy · heartbreaking · high-drama · guilty pleasure

Premise labels: protective escort · assassin bodyguard · on-the-run · forbidden attraction · targeted heroine · tortured hero · corrupt government · enemy to lovers · forced proximity · rescue mission

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The God Eaters

Jesse Hajicek · 2006

A shy rebel and a deadly outlaw become cellmates in a magic-filled prison, then fight to escape an oppressive theocracy.

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Tone labels: dark · hopeful · angsty · romantic · epic · intense · lyrical · gritty · tender · sweeping · emotional · optimistic · violent · beautiful · satisfying

Premise labels: prison escape · forbidden love · oppressive regime · magical prisoners · forced alliance · rebel survival · love against tyranny · fight evil · save the world · unlikely lovers

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Steelstriker

Marie Lu · 2021 · Skyhunter

A captured rebel turned enemy weapon must resist a tyrant, reunite her allies, and find her way back to Red.

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Tone labels: dark · suspenseful · emotional · intense · melodramatic · hopeful · heartbreaking · thrilling · swoony · angsty

Premise labels: rebel fighter · enemy super-soldier · telepathic bond · captured heroine · forced service · resistance movement · war against tyranny · fight for survival

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Phoenix

Elizabeth Richards · 2013 · Black City

A rebel leader and his lover race to stop an oppressive regime while a deadly weapon, secrets, and jealousy threaten them.

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Tone labels: dark · intense · brutal · tense · suspenseful · heartbreaking · steamy · dramatic · emotional · thrilling

Premise labels: rebellion · resistance · government conspiracy · deadly ultimatum · escape mission · weapon quest · forbidden romance · love triangle

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Born for Lace

Nicci Harris · 2024 · The Cradled Common

A sheltered Lace Girl flees civil war with a baby and a silent rogue whose protection feels as dangerous as his desire.

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Tone labels: dark · angsty · brutal · broody · tense · emotional · haunting · sensual · melancholic · hopeful · heartbreaking

Premise labels: forbidden attraction · protective escort · on the run · rescued heroine · baby protection · forced proximity · survival quest · opposites attract · dangerous guardian · civil war

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Blue Arrow Island

Brenda Rothert · 2025 · Blue Arrow Island

Exiled to a deadly island prison, a defiant woman must survive rival factions, hidden science, and forbidden attraction.

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Tone labels: dark · gritty · tense · atmospheric · intense · twisty · high stakes · romantic · suspenseful · chaotic · savage · forbidding · macabre

Premise labels: deadly island · brutal regime · forbidden attraction · survival romance · prison exile · faction conflict · rebellion · power struggle · secrets and betrayal · trust as danger

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Glass Sword

Victoria Aveyard · 2016 · Red Queen

A fugitive lightning-bearer hunts allies to fight a tyrant king while betrayal, power, and guilt reshape her.

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Tone labels: dark · angsty · tense · emotional · brooding · bleak · intense · melodramatic · sad · suspenseful

Premise labels: rebel uprising · special powers · hunt for recruits · fugitive hero · betrayal revenge · tyrannical rule

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Tenacity

Auryn Hadley · 2022 · Rise of the Iliri

A wounded war leader faces an enemy empire, buried secrets, and shifting bonds in a brutal, emotional science-fantasy clash.

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Tone labels: emotional · heartbreaking · tragic · bittersweet · intense · dramatic · brutal · melancholic · hopeful · tense · angsty

Premise labels: war effort · chosen one · last of kind · resistance · enemy ruler · survival · political conflict · multi-partner romance

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Distance: 0.1687

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