Book guide
Learned by Heart
Two schoolgirls find a love that history tried to hide.
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalTragic love storyHistoricalLGBTQ+RomanceSlow burnRomanceForbidden romanceRomanceTragic love storyRomanceFirst loveQueer RomanceSlow burnQueer RomanceForbidden romanceQueer RomanceTragic love storyQueer RomanceLGBTQ+Queer RomanceSelf-discoveryQueer RomanceFirst loveLiteraryTragic love storyLiteraryLGBTQ+LiterarySelf-discoveryLiteraryComing of age
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About Learned by Heart
At a York boarding school in 1805, Eliza Raine, an orphaned biracial heiress, meets gifted rebel Anne Lister. Their passionate connection becomes a formative, heartbreaking love that echoes through both their lives.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Medium
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- mental illness
- forced institutionalization
- homophobia
- sexual content
