The Fantasy Review’s List of 6 Dark Fantasy Books with Complex and Forbidden Romances.
The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1) by Carissa Broadbent
From the blurb:
The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya carved her place in a world designed to kill her. Her only chance to become something more than prey is entering the Kejari: a legendary tournament held by the goddess of death herself.…
To Bleed a Crystal Bloom (Crystal Bloom, #1) by Sarah A. Parker
From the blurb:
Nineteen years ago, I was plucked from the heart of a bloody massacre that spared nobody else.
Small. Fragile.
An enigma.
Now ward to a powerful High Master who knows too much and says too little, I lead a simple life, never straying from the confines of an imaginary line I’ve drawn around the castle grounds.…
Lady of Darkness (Lady of Darkness, #1) by Melissa K. Roehrich
From the blurb:
Owned by a ruthless Assassin Lord, Scarlett Monrhoe and her two sisters have been trained since they were children to torture and take life. They are the most feared trio on the continent, but they are also wild and unpredictable. A tragic night has Scarlett finding herself locked away in a noble’s household, trapped and forgotten, until she is ready to fall in line.…
Gild (The Plated Prisoner, #1) by Raven Kennedy
From the blurb:
The fae abandoned this world to us. And the ones with power rule.
Gold.
Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes. In Highbell, in the castle built into the frozen mountains, everything is made of gold.
Even me.…
The Coven (Coven of Bones, #1) by Harper L. Woods
From the blurb:
Revenge.
Raised to be my father’s weapon against the Coven that took away his sister and his birthright, I would do anything to protect my younger brother from suffering the same fate. My duty forces me to the secret town of Crystal Hollow and the prestigious Hollow’s Grove University—where the best and brightest of my kind learn to practice their magic free from human judgment….
What Lies Beyond the Veil (Of Flesh & Bone, #1) by Harper L. Woods
From the blurb:
Once, we’d worshipped them as Gods.
For nearly 400 years, the Veil has protected us from the Fae of Alfheimr. In their absence, our lives have shifted from decadence and sin to survival and virtue under the guidance of the New Gods. I’ve spent my entire life tending to the gardens next to the boundary between our worlds, drawn to the shimmering magic like a moth to the flame.
Then, we died on their swords.…
