The Traitor Baru Cormorant
Our rating
Spice: barely any. Darkness: very dark.
Baru wants to destroy the empire that conquered her island, so she joins it as an accountant. Yes, accountant. Colonialism, ledgers and a rebellion she can't afford to care about. The ending is cold enough that some readers never forgave it.
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Is The Traitor Baru Cormorant spicy?
Barely. The Traitor Baru Cormorant has some kissing and maybe a fade to black, but nothing explicit. We give it 1 out of 5 for spice.
How dark is The Traitor Baru Cormorant?
We rate The Traitor Baru Cormorant 4 out of 5 for darkness (very dark). The big content warnings are genocide, torture, war, gore. The full list is further down the page.
Do you need to read The Masquerade in order?
The Traitor Baru Cormorant is book 1 of The Masquerade, so it's the place to start. The series has 1 book on our list so far and is still ongoing.
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Content warnings
Show 5 content warnings for The Traitor Baru Cormorant
- Genocide
- Torture
- War
- Gore
- Death of a loved one
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Details
- Series
- The Masquerade, book 1
- Series status
- Ongoing
- First published
- 2015
- Genre
- Dark Fantasy
