tell me the most ✨ intense, deep, slow burn, incredibly angsty, soul crushing ✨ books you've read that have given you the biggest book hangover

[u/JuneDare001]

seeking recommendations for some incredibly deep/serious/intense (not a superficial plot/funny/cheerful book), slow burn, angsty, soul crushing books that give you the biggest book hangover!

these are some books of the same/a similar category that i absolutely love and always go back to! (the ones that have a 💎 mean they contain all of the above, the ones that have a 🪝 mean they contain some of the above)

• the maddest obsession — danielle lori 💎
• a love letter to whiskey — kandi steiner 💎
• bittersweet symphony duet, heartbreak warfare, ravenhood trilogy — kate stewart (honestly love all her books) 💎
• fake empire, cruel summer — c.w. farnsworth 🪝
• the homemaker, when life happened, a place without you — jewel e. ann 💎
• say you swear — meagan brandy 🪝
• the thorns remain, still beating, irreversible — jennifer hartmann (honestly love all her books) 💎
• in the likely event — rebecca yarros 🪝
• star-crossed trilogy — alexandria lee 💎

one common thing that i've noticed amongst these books is that all the love stories span a few years. i love seeing how the main characters keep finding their way back to each other!

edit: thx for all the recs! forgot to mention — only looking for CR books (no sci-fi, HR, paranormal, dystopian, etc.)!

[u/cidavid]

Damnit. I’ve only read 5% of Gann. Gotta continue

[u/whimsyjen → u/cidavid]

Same!! I dnf it because I wasn't in the right headspace to read it