#121 in Young adult
Heartless Hunter
- 410
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Heartless Hunter” is a romantic fantasy with a clear hook: after a revolution, a hidden witch and a witch hunter are drawn together. Some readers call the story predictable and enjoy it all the same. Others feel that after a strong start the plot and the couple’s motives stop convincing, with attraction standing in for a real bond. The chase itself is the main draw.
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About the book
"A steamy game of cat and mouse between witch and witch-hunter, played out against a backdrop of opulence, secrets, and bloody history. I couldn't look away." - Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Champion of Fate Enemies-to-lovers doesn't get more high stakes than a witch and a witch hunter falling in love in bestselling author Kristen Ciccarelli's latest romantic fantasy. On the night Rune’s life changed forever, blood ran in the streets. Now, in the aftermath of a devastating revolution, witches have been diminished from powerful rulers to outcasts ruthlessly hunted due to their waning magic, and Rune must hide what she is. Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe - a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution - who she can't help but find herself falling for. Gideon loathes the decadence and superficiality Rune represents, but when he learns the Crimson Moth has been using Rune’s merchant ships to smuggle renegade witches out of the republic, he inserts himself into her social circles by pretending to court her right back.
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8.08.0 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 396 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 73% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.5 | 8 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 388 | 98% |
Frequently asked
What age is Heartless Hunter for?
Heartless Hunter sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 410 pages — shorter than 74% of the ranked books in Young adult.
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