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Slow Burn

Slow burn is a trope in storytelling where the development of the plot or relationships takes a gradual and deliberate pace, drawing readers or viewers in with its nuanced build-up and eventual rewarding climax.
What Does it Mean to Call a Story Slow Burn?
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Top Slow Burn Books

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Rise and Fall
by E. L. E.
Published 2022
4.4/5
A slow-build fantasy epic duet, in an archaic world under an oppressive regime, civil unrest grows. Amid growing civil tensions a young woman searching for her missing brother finds herself in over her head.
Warbreaker
by Brandon Sanderson
Published 2010
5/5
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn't like his job, and the immortal who's still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren's capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people. By using breath and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris; Susebron the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker. Warbreaker has been published on Campfire with Dragonsteel’s permission. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. For more information and more ways to read Warbreaker, visit https://www.brandonsanderson.com/blogs/blog/warbreaker-rights-and-downloads.
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