The Darkest Romance Novels I've Ever Read

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[debbieberens]

Nobody should judge anyone, as we all see things differently. We are all here to enjoy books. Thank you for your channel Jessica.

[Miszrye]

The Cat and Mouse duet by H.D Carlton. THE DARKEST ROMANCE IVE EVER READ. It’s been a week since I finished the two books and I’m still constantly thinking about them.

[jlafaro]

Jess I am so with you when you said you don’t like the “darkness” to be between the main characters. I’m the exact same way. I can do super dark as long as the dark is by external forces. If the MMC is beating or raping the FMC I’ll never be able to buy into their romance no matter what happens after.

[tifftalkspages]

Your so right. Darkness is subjective. I also agree that balancing darker themes with the romance takes a deft hand. Love this video.

[crystalsbookishlife]

The second book in the Deliver series is actually one of my favorite books of Pam's because of how she redeems the hero. But I can definitely see that not working for everyone. She is an incredibly talented writer. I can't get enough of her books!

[zaewhitman]

The MindF series was my first dark romance and I loved it. But I do not enjoying reading on page SA so that’s a huge TW for me. Which prevents me from reading dark romance lol. But I think I’ll try Still Beating!

[jlafaro]

Listening to you talk about Still Beating makes me want to read it again. good.

[LovelyxImperfect]

Keri Lake writes some of my favourite dark romances I highly recommend checking out her Juniper Unraveling and Vigilantes series both delivering in creating romance while mixing in some very dark themes. Both series are intense but completely unputdownable! She really knows how to build a story and make you care about the characters and their relationships

I've read a lot of dark romances and ones that I distinctly remember pushing me too far out of my comfort zone was Take me with you by Nina G. Jones I couldn't even get past a few chapters after learning the hero was a rapist and murderer. Also, years ago I read the Deception series by Ker Dukey and D.H Sidebottom and from what I remember I would hesitate to call it a romance but I thought it would get better and then it only got worse

[christirandazzo]

Haunting Adeline but HD Carlton is pretty dark to me. I really loved this one. Now on to Hunting Adeline the second in the duet. Great video. 😉

[NovelLife]

I still have to read Deliver Me! And it would be so cool to have Pam
Godwin on your channel!!

[tifftalkspages]

I’m telling Van from Pam Godwin’s Deliver series has one of the best redemption arcs I have read that unfolds over the course of the series.

[Mysterioso]

Enthralled and Enamored was good but very dark. I want to read still besting but I don’t kind if I’m ready to. I’ve read a lot of K Webster books and I would recommend whispers and roars.

[kristiejenner]

I tend to avoid dark romance, though I have to quickly say that's me and no judgement at all for readers who enjoy this trope. I'm the same with movies and television series.
That's why I was shocked when it turned out I loved It Ain't You Babe by Tillie Cole. In fact I loved it so much I went on and read the rest of the series. When I started reading it, it was not at all what I was expecting. For some reason I thought it would be much lighter.

[nicki.in.bookland]

Sea of Ruin is on my radar this year!!I have been so petrified to read Sick Fux 😬

[tamz]

Court of ravens is probably the darkest romance duet I’ve ever read. Even more so than the cat and mouse duet.

[komalshah]

These are really good ones. Darkness is however you see it. Everyone has different tastes and agree you don't want it to be SOO overwhelmingly dark that it overshadows the romance. I reallly want to get to Sea of Ruin. Its on my TBR. For me Darkest read has been really anything by pepper Winters. My recommendation would be to read Truth and Consequences series by Aleatha Romig. Its one of my favs and I often go back to re-read that series.

[katiemitchell]

I totally agree that "darkness" is subjective. Thanks for sharing this list! it's really interesting to hear your perspective on dark romance that you really enjoyed and others that you didn't. I feel like we don't hear enough about when dark romance doesn't quite live up to what we like/expected.

[victoriasromancereads]

I really want to read more dark romance! I really like them when I read them but they aren't the ones I usually grab when I'm choosing what to read

[daniellesnd]

Great dark choices! I think Anna Zaires - Twist Me series, comes to mind for me when talking dark 🙂

[beccabunny]

I agree with all of these! I would definitely add “it ain’t me babe” by tillie cole on there, as well as the other books in that series. It was super hard to read through the graphic assault scenes, but I couldn’t put them down. They are all very dark and twisted. Pretty much the overall outcome of a sex cult. 10/10 recommend Tillie cole in general, but especially these books if you enjoy a dark dark romance.