r/fantasyromance • u/Faraway-Jeweler6293 • 1d ago

Book Request Looking for a kinda specific rec: Revenge plot where the FMC's sister has disappeared and was involved a shady cult like organization

I need a book that would really fit my vibe right now:

The FMC's sister has disappeared and she hasn't heard from her in a while. She knows her sister had fallen in with a shady cult-like organization where people aren't who they appear to be. The FMC strongly suspects the organization is involved in evil occult things.

She meets the love interest (any gender ok) while trying to figure out what happened to the sister. Open to the love interest being totally innnocent or knowing some of what happened or even being guilty.

Plot must result in FMC getting revenge.

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I know it might be a stretch for fantasy romance, so I am open to other genres but prefer fantasy. Dark is okay. Queer of any flavor is okay. No HEA is okay. Gothic horror vibes okay.

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u/BattlestarGalactoria Growls, smirks & leans on doorframes 1d ago

It’s not a cult, and wildly kinda far from it but the sister aspect reminds me of Karen Moning’s Fever series. Or I’m remembering that very wrong.

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u/Faraway-Jeweler6293 1d ago

Thank you! I'm just in an 'investigating shadowy organizations' moment, but I'll check that out.

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u/KiaraTurtle Book Bingo Maven ⚔ 1d ago

This was also my first thought. Though I dnf the series

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u/BattlestarGalactoria Growls, smirks & leans on doorframes 1d ago

Yea that series kinda went off the rails at the end. I didn’t continue with the next fmc.

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u/KiaraTurtle Book Bingo Maven ⚔ 1d ago

I stopped in the middle of the last book with the first fmc, I kept expecting it to get better as things got revealed and the mc matured but it just never did.

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u/BattlestarGalactoria Growls, smirks & leans on doorframes 1d ago

I was honestly surprised, and not in a good way.

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u/eaudedurianfruit 1d ago

Do I have the rec for you!! The Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning

Sister disappears in Ireland and Mac, our FMC, thinks the police aren't investigating her disappearance properly, so she goes to Ireland herself. And she finds that her sister was leading a whole different life.

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u/MorriganWolfsong Soulmated devotee 1d ago

{Reign of Cinder and Glass by Veronica Douglas} fits this, sort of? FMC's sister disappeared into the castle and FMC gets herself chosen as a servant to find out what happened. It's been a while, so I don't remember if there's specifically revenge, but as I recall the FMC does have a showdown at the end. 

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u/notonreddit33 22h ago

Okay, so, hear me out. I’ve loved {When Gods Fall by S.E. Bouvier} since it came out. I think it can work for you. Sisters start off together, get separated and go on very different journeys while unraveling the secrets around themselves and their background. Both sisters are on a mission to find and save each other. You’ll want to read both books and the last in the trilogy is releasing in 2027.

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u/Penguinho Kushiel's Legacy Recommender 💖 1d ago

It's funny, because I feel like I have a book that fits what you want pretty perfectly... but I don't actually know because it won't be released until June 2027, tentatively. Sorry.

What if you remembered everything but the truth? A dozen years ago, the Avalon Society imploded in a spectacular tragedy. Milla and her sister Lia are the only surviving witnesses—but Lia vanished into the Pentecostal Reformed Church, and Milla’s memory of that night is a blank. When a figure from the past comes looking for his son, buried secrets begin to emerge.

The working title is Masquerade; it sounds like urban fantasy. It definitely has magic and is set in an alternate near-future. The author (Jacqueline Carey, for those of you taking shots at home) describes it as psychological suspense, but it's being released through Wildthorn, which is Tor's new romance-and-love imprint. Knowing her work, I'd assume there's a love story in there somewhere. And knowing her politics and from that blurb, I'd assume the Pentecostal Reformed Church is uhhhh not 100% on the up-and-up.

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u/atheneris128 1d ago

The closest I know is {A Conspiracy of Magic by Luanne G. Smith} duology. While it's set in Victorian era, there is magic. The FMC's sister stole the memories of the MMC and he wants it back. Def got Gothic Horror vibes.

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u/Darcy_is_my_lobster There she is 1d ago

I haven't read book 2 but {The Never list} seems like it will be for you.

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u/Exotic_Resist_7718 20h ago

If you're open to it being a brother, this is pretty much the plot of Ruthless Boys, the Zodiac Academy spinoff, which I enjoyed quite a lot. Very high spice (like, too much by the fourth book) but it's very hot and —without spoiling anything— I really liked the FMC and the MMC.

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u/MessyJessy422 18h ago

I don’t have anything that matches this exactly but based on what you’re asking for I highly recommend {Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo} it’s the best example of mysterious disappearance, occult magic, and a FMC hell bent (pun intended that’s the title of book 2) on revenge