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Mountains Made of Glass

by Scarlett St. Clair · Fairy Tale Retelling #1 · 384 pages · Published June 2024
Spoiler-light guide Series order included Similar books included
3.55 / 5 across 8K ratings
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (4/5)

A dark, romantic Adult romantasy built around hades and persephone, quest, gods. 384 pages with moderate to high-heat romance and a satisfying conclusion.

Best for readers who want…

Dark. Romantic. Adventurous.

Dark Romantic Adventurous

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Dark Romantic Adventurous
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Content notes

Sexual Content Violence
Hades and Persephone
Quest
Gods
Book profile

Mood, trope, and intensity breakdown

How this book actually feels — based on mood analysis, not publisher blurbs.

Mood profile
Romance
70%
Fantasy
0%
Pacing
3/5
Darkness
3/5
Spice
4/5
Core elements
Genre
Romantasy
Mythology
Moods
Dark
Romantic
Adventurous
Key Tropes
Hades and Persephone
Quest
Gods
Ending
Satisfying
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How spicy is Mountains Made of Glass?

Spicy (4/5) — explicit content is a significant part of the story.

Do I need to read Mountains Made of Glass in order?

Mountains Made of Glass is book 1 in the Fairy Tale Retelling series. Start here.

Who would enjoy Mountains Made of Glass?

Readers who love dark and romantic stories with hades and persephone and quest. Best suited for Adult readers and up.

What kind of read is Mountains Made of Glass?

A dark, romantic Adult romantasy built around hades and persephone, quest, gods. 384 pages with moderate to high-heat romance and a satisfying conclusion.

What are the content warnings for Mountains Made of Glass?

Content notes include: sexual content, violence. Sort By Cravings always flags these so you can make informed choices.

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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 across 500+ community posts, and calibrate heat ratings against reader consensus before publishing. Mood tags, spice numbers, and “skip if” notes reflect actual reading experience. Read our editorial standards.

📚 Last reviewed: March 2026 Guide verified against current edition
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