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Is There A Romance In 'Six Crimson Cranes'?

Finished Six Crimson Cranes and now craving a love story like Shiori's! Did you find the slow-burn romance satisfying, or was it too subtle?
2025-06-25 08:56:25
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Sunset Moth
Sunset Moth
Six Crimson Cranes is a fairy-tale inspired story with a central romance to Shiori’s journey to break her brothers’ curse. Her relationship with the other main character develops through the trials they face together and the mystery of their identities. It’s similar to Love Me, Dragon, which is also primarily a romance with a strong magical element and a stubborn dragon shifter who refuses to acknowledge his fated human mate. It’s very entertaining, with lots of denial before the eventually possessive protector realizes that he needs the other person.
2026-07-31
Olivia
Olivia
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Ames is a deliciously romantic fantasy with mythic depth. The way the author portrays relationships through the main character, Shiori, and her paper folding is sublime. Takkan is stable and loving, and Seryu is a messy, wild dragon who brings a lot of chaos to the story. Both men bring out different sides in Shiori and their relationship with her is a beauty that incorporates a lot of pain and a lot of sacrifice. For one, Takkan risks his reputation to marry a voiceless bride and for another, Shiori must endure a lot of pain to try to break a curse that is threatening to take his life. The love letters between the two are even folded into paper cranes, which is gorgeous symbolism. Fragile, yet able to fly.

It’s another case of romance driving the plot but not overpowering it. Shiori’s increasing love for Takkan motivates her to carry on when she’s in danger of giving up. Their story respectfully adheres to the cultural nuances of their world and their arranged marriage is depicted naturally without falling into the Western cliché of ‘love conquers all’. Other slow-burn fantasy romances to check out are ‘The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea’ and ‘Daughter of the Moon Goddess’—both have engaging love stories at their core that are inextricably linked with the fantastical mythology of their respective stories.
2025-06-28
Jolene
Jolene
' Six Crimson Cranes' is a beautifully written story with fantastic development of romance in the fantasy world that it is set in. The initial political betrothal of Shiori to Takkan (her prince) is lovely, but it grows into true and beautiful love for both of them. They have to overcome her silent cursed state and her dungeon imprisonment for suspected murder. He believes her of innocence even when no one else does and waits for her patiently. His patience and lack of frustration with her silent form communication via her origami birds is so endearing to me. I also found the magic scene at the banquet where they danced silently to each other perfect. Their love story is not the main focus of the novel but it is wonderful and makes the novel a fabulous and perfect fairytale.
2025-06-29
Mckenna
Mckenna
Shiori has always been opposed to her arranged marriage and saw it as just another part of her gilded cage as part of the aristocracy when the story opens. But her world is turned upside down when she finds herself cursed and slowly losing her humanity as she turns into a bird with bright red and black feathers. When her buffer between her and her difficulties is stripped away,Takkan becomes her anchor to the world and to herself in her darkest moments.

I love how the romance mirrors Shiori’s growth as a character too. Her curse means that she has to communicate in all these different ways, and Takkan is the only person who doesn’t have any trouble with that at all. In fact, their relationship thrives off their ability to adapt to new situations, which is so opposite to Shiori’s strict and very magical family. There’s a wonderful scene where he stands up for her in court and uses her origami birds as evidence of her innocence. It’s a really powerful moment and shows a strong partnership in the face of conflict – which is so not Shiori’s normal way of dealing with things. For slow-burn enthusiasts who love to see characters grow up and really get to know each other through all sorts of situations, this book is perfect. And it’s also lots of fun, especially when the dragon Seryu starts flirting with him!
2025-06-30
Candy Duncan-Fisher
Candy Duncan-Fisher
So there are some really great tropes in this book. First of all, for the trope lovers out there, it’s got forbidden love (sort of), enemies-to-allies, mutual pining, protective instincts and shared trauma bonding. But they’re all executed in a really delicate way, so the characters never feel like they’re just tropes. Instead, they’re fully realized people dealing with really, really magic. The ‘forbidden’ aspect of the forbidden love is not some arbitrary societal rule that the characters have to work around. No, it’s their conflicting loyalties and secrets that they have to keep from each other. It’s a really interesting take on the usual ‘forbidden love’ trope, and it’s so much better than some simple disapproval. So, if you’re a reader who enjoys these sorts of dynamics but are getting tired of all the same old tropes, then this is a really great execution.
2026-07-31

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