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This Cursed Light 2023
Emily Thiede · 400 pages
I'm a 400-page ya romantasy with marriage, war, found family energy and 2/5 heat. Fast-paced pacing that won't let you put me down. There's heat, but I'm not about the spice.
Mood
Romantic & Epic
Spice
2/5 — Mild
Pacing
Fast-paced
Length
400 pages
Ending
Satisfying — happily ever after guaranteed
Heat level
🌶️🌶️ Mild
Things I'm into
Marriage
War
Found Family
THE COMPATIBILITY CHECK
Should you swipe right on This Cursed Light?
♥ Swipe right if…
✓Found family stories make your heart ache in the best way
✓Romance is the backbone, not a subplot — and it delivers
✓Romantic stories are exactly what you're craving right now
✓You want YA Romantasy that respects your time and delivers
✓You trust books that 1.8M+ readers rated 3.68/5
✕ Swipe left if…
✕You want literary prose or beautiful sentence-level writing — this is genre fiction and proud of it
✕You want a thick, immersive saga — at 400 pages, this is tighter
✕You want a series you can binge — this is a standalone
✕You want dark, morally complex fiction — this stays lighter
✕You want epic worldbuilding — this is grounded in reality
CONTENT NOTES
⚔️ War setting
🌶️ Mild sexual content
🩹 Heavy emotional content
THE FULL PROFILE
What this book is really like — from a full read-through, not the back cover.
Core identity
GenreYA Romantasy
Dominant moodRomantic, Epic, Emotional
Romance styleSweet — romantic but restrained
ToneBalanced
What to expect
Pages 1–100Setup, meet-cute (or meet-hostile), world established
Pages 100–200Tension building, proximity intensifies, walls start cracking
Pages 200–300Chemistry reaches breaking point, stakes escalate
Pages 300–400Payoff + resolution
After finishingRecommending it to everyone you know
QUICK ANSWERS BEFORE YOU COMMIT
Everything you want to know before you swipe right
Is This Cursed Light actually spicy?
Mild heat — spice 2/5. Some tension and mild scenes, but nothing too explicit.
What's the vibe of This Cursed Light?
Romantic, Epic, Emotional with marriage and war energy. Think YA Romantasy that knows exactly what it is and delivers hard.
Is This Cursed Light a standalone?
Yes — This Cursed Light is a complete standalone. No series commitment required. Pick it up, finish it, move on (or reread it immediately).
What are the content warnings for This Cursed Light?
Content notes include: War setting, Mild sexual content, Heavy emotional content. We flag these so you can make informed choices, not to scare you off.
What kind of reader is This Cursed Light perfect for?
If "marriage + war" in a ya romantasy with 2/5 spice sounds like your kind of book, you'll love this. Check the mood bars above to see if the vibe matches yours.
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Every Sort By Cravings guide is written after a full read-through — not scraped from publisher blurbs or Amazon summaries. We map tropes directly from the text, cross-reference BookTok and Goodreads reader reactions, and calibrate heat ratings against reader consensus. Read our editorial standards.
📚 Last reviewed: March 2026 · Guide verified against current edition