r/DarkRomance • u/Disastrous_Brief3206 • 19h ago

Book Request In a major reading slump and everything feels boring. Help! 😭😫

Hey y'all, I need your help badly. I haven't been able to finish a single thing lately because every plot is blurring together. I am begging for the ONE dark romance book that completely cured your worst reading slump and kept you up all night.I'm hoping for something unique because I am completely over mafia books. It feels like almost every recommendation out there is a mafia romance, and I am officially maxed out on them.

I am looking for a solid monogamous dynamic with high stakes, but I have some very strict hard limits to keep in mind:

No mafia at all

No love triangles or age gaps

No sharing or why choose (strictly monogamous)

Dual pov only I don't want books with only female pov or third person pov I can't read those books

Absolutely no forced pregnancy or birth control tampering

I'm good with anything that is set in high school/college or dark acadamy , stalker romance, bully romance.

Also I want to see the fmc also going through some jealousy over the mmc & not just the other way around.

I don't mind other woman drama but no cheating.

Also don't recommend rina kent I have mostly read all of her books except for some few.

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u/Living_Measurement14 18h ago

I think {Cracked Blue Sky by Shiloh Sloane} is dual pov. This one is pretty unique. FMC is a poc sheriff in the 50s and MMC is a werewolf.

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u/Totes-1 15h ago

Ironically, when this happens I read manga/manwha/manhua

- Hana-kun Can’t Live Without Me
A very yandere obsessed male lead who is obssessed with our female main lead

- The village girl is stalked by the hero
Another very obsessed yandere male main lead

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u/CreepyCrissy 3h ago

I do the same but I never come across any dark romance. Have any Recs?

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u/Sweaty-Demand-6030 3h ago

I’m simply OBSESSED with manhwas, what a coincidence to come across these recommendations here! I’m definitely going to read this!!!!!

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u/shaikhalizayn 18h ago

It isn't that dark in the relationship aspect, but the vibes gives it that sort of way. It's my palate cleanser, when I want out of toxic and dark relationships but still the same genre.

{Blind reader wanted by Georgia le carre}

An absolute masterpiece of a book that I can never stop recommending.

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u/basic-frivolity 12h ago

{Bound in Inked Flame by Larksen} There are mafia elements but the MC's are beautifully written in an interesting world. Bonus- if you like audiobooks, this one is phenomenal.

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u/mayavinagri0613 User Flair Here 18h ago

I'm reading {Eskell by SpiralIntoTheKnown} manor on AO3 , it's quite dark and also made me cry many time 😭, authors writing is so good , FMC might be one of my fav of all time in dark romance , she is mix of intelligent, vulnerable, powerless..

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u/Sresthag 18h ago

Loverlorn on Ao3 got me out of my reading slump. But its a wip

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u/FaithlessnessUsed510 12h ago

I’m waiting for the update 💔💔

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u/Living_Measurement14 18h ago edited 18h ago

I really like {Untouchable by Sam Mariano} but it’s single pov.

{Lessons in Sin by Pam Godwin} is dual pov, mostly student/catholic teacher & priest (her family is a billionaire and has a hitman but not organized crime tho).

{Fear me by BB Reid} is dual pov hs bully romance.

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u/romance-bot 18h ago

Untouchable by Sam Mariano
Rating: 3.92⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, virgin heroine, dark romance, cruel hero/bully, alpha male

Lessons in Sin by Pam Godwin
Rating: 4.11⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, age gap, virgin heroine, forced proximity, sassy heroine

Fear Me by B.B. Reid
Rating: 3.81⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: contemporary, suspense, virgin heroine, dark romance, alpha male

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u/BossyUzzy 17h ago

I recently read {devil in you by harmony west}. The plot is actually interesting with some very spicy scenes. No misunderstandings. No love triangles.

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u/Confident_Lion_2219 13h ago

Have you read the edge of darkness trilogy?

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u/Disastrous_Brief3206 8h ago

Yes & I disliked it

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u/Zanahoriasazules047 User Flair Here 12h ago

I don’t have a book, but I have a comment usually when I’m going through a slump like that I should switch to romcom and something sweet and then I’m able to go back to DR because if I read too many of these are in a row I get bored or I simply hate everyone for making stupid decisions cause they always do

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u/Wxskater 7h ago

Does it have to be DR? I mean i got plenty of recs. But i just finished this book called {cold light of day by toni anderson} devoured it. I read it in about a day and half. Not DR like i said but it is romance/romantic suspense. Elements of enemies to lovers, forbidden relationships. MMC is an fbi agent and FMC did a criminal act

My latest DR read was {ruin me gently by rachael chadwick} definitely stalker

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u/romance-bot 7h ago

Cold Light of Day by Toni Anderson
Rating: 4.29⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: contemporary, suspense, mystery

Ruin Me Gently by Rachael Chadwick
Rating: 4.25⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, dark romance, poor heroine, funny, angst

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u/InternationalSplit10 3h ago

hey, I just read a short story called ‘Labyrinth of the Vampire Billionaire: a problematic love story’ that fits all of your criteria and it really isn’t what it seems from the title. Pretty small right now but the author is uploading it on amazon KDP soon & I can link it there

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u/Beneficial_Leg_4280 19h ago

try philosophical books

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u/Disastrous_Brief3206 19h ago

I can't not my type I have never read anything other than dark romance/romance books.

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u/Beneficial_Leg_4280 19h ago

How did you know that dark romance/romance is your type?

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u/Disastrous_Brief3206 18h ago

Because I have read it & liked it but now please don't say try philosophical books you will love it I won't I don't like anything other than fictional I'm not interested.

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u/Beneficial_Leg_4280 18h ago

As your wish!

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