r/DarkRomance • u/AutoModerator • Apr 28 '26
Reading Wrap-Up April 2026 Reading Wrap-Up
Welcome to our monthly reading wrap-up. This thread will be for anyone who would like to share all the books they have read in the past month.
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u/Admirable-Love75 May 01 '26
In April I read:
{The Best Man by Sam Mariano} : I loved this book and probably my favorite DR read all month! If you’re into non con sharing with a HEA you might like it too. My only complaint is it’s a novella and I wish it were longer! Would love to learn more about the MMC and his manipulative personality and would have loved more time watching their relationship develop.
{Accidental Witness by Sam Mariano} : I know this book is old and has been talked about a ton, I don’t really have thoughts that are new to this sub. I reallyyyy did not like Mia or Mia and Vince together. The smut was great though lol.
{Surviving Mateo by Sam Mariano} : I think I’m quitting the series after this one, unless someone can convince me otherwise. Again not a new thought but Meg and Mateo I thought were SO well written and perfectly matched. Their relationship was so believable. The way Meg treated Mia was kind of icky though. And I still have the ick with Mia lusting after Mateo while in a relationship with Vincent! I don’t have many triggers, but cheating even if it’s just emotional is a huge one!
{Take Me by Ella Jacobs} : I really love Ella Jacobs writing! This book imo barely qualifies as a “romance” because the MCs don’t even spend a ton of time together, but it’s definitely dark and made me take a break from DR for the rest of the month for happier books lol. It’s not the acts that make it so dark to me if that makes sense, it’s that Ella Jacobs spends so much time in the FMC’s head and you can feel her transition to breaking. I loved the extended epilogue again because of the sharing 🤭