by countingfoxes
A honey that looks like blood and tastes like tears. Melody had the rarest honey in all the lands, but she lived a quiet and peaceful life. Until one day, a beautiful goblin shows up on her doorstep and offers the deal of a lifetime.
Current
8/11/2026
Peak #8
51d
#3
7/3/2026
Peak #14
38d
#2
6/16/2026
Peak #23
17d
#1
3/1/2026
Peak #22
107d
Observed Royal Road ranks are authoritative for lists where the story is active. Other eligible lists retain their Shadow RS ranks.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#2925 of 12,418 · 2875 below RS #50
By genre
beats 60% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 43% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 2–4 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
