A peasant girl becomes concubine to a cruel prince in a dark Chinese-inspired fantasy of poetry magic, power, and survival.
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A peasant girl becomes concubine to a cruel prince in a dark Chinese-inspired fantasy of poetry magic, power, and survival.
In the waning years of the Azalea Dynasty, the emperor is dying, the land consumed by famine, and poetry magic lost to all except the powerful. Wei Yin is desperate. After the fifth death of a sibling, with her family and village on the brink of starvation, she will do anything to save those she loves. Even offer herself as concubine to the cruel heir of the beautiful and brutal Azalea House. But in a twist of fate, the palace stands on the knife-edge of civil war with Wei trapped in its center…...
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Sexual assault and coercion, incl. minors; intimate-partner violence; some romance
Torture, gore, murder, war, and graphic physical violence throughout
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Substantial alcohol use depicted
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Poetry magic is central; women forbidden to read or cast spells
No real-world occult content present
Court politics, power, oppression, and civil war drive the plot
Includes suicidal thoughts and suicide
Child abuse/death, rape, domestic violence, torture, sexual abuse of minors
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