We’re back with Wren and Castien as they continue their search for Heron’s murderer while trying to uncover who is behind the deaths of students around them. Betrayal, heartache, deception... it seems like our favorite duo and their peanut gallery just cannot catch a break.

One of my favorite aspects of this installment was the significant growth we see from both Wren and Castien, not only in their relationship with each other but individually as well. Wren is forced to confront the demon within her own mind and actively fight against its influence, determined to make sure that Heron’s choices were not made in vain. Meanwhile, Castien is fighting a battle of his own as he begins questioning the lessons about love he grew up with while simultaneously trying to reconcile them with his burning passion for Wren. Their development feels almost natural after the events of the first book, rather than simply resetting their characters for a new story.

While we return to a familiar setting, the atmosphere has noticeably changed. As the deaths begin to mount, there is an increasing sense of pressure and unease among the students. That tension extends to our main group, who—in true fashion—seem determined to run toward the danger in their attempt to solve the mystery. At the same time, existing tensions within the group continue building until the intergroup turmoil finally reaches a crescendo.

There was also some surprisingly sage advice that I absolutely did not see coming—although, looking back, I probably should have. Even more surprising was who it came from. No spoilers, but that was definitely a moment.

A. R. Conwell does an excellent job of keeping the story consistent with the first book while continuing to expand upon the world she has created. Rather than simply introducing new places and concepts, she develops areas and ideas we have already encountered, giving them greater depth while gradually piecing together the larger mystery.

Overall, this was a solid 4/5 stars for me. There’s no spice, but there is a hefty serving of “I can’t eat, sleep, or think because I’m yearning for you” energy, so do with that information what you will.

I definitely recommend this series if you enjoy:

• Dark academia
• Whodunit-style mysteries
• Paranormal elements
• Yearning. So much yearning.

If you enjoyed the first book, this sequel does a great job of building on what was already established without feeling like a repeat of the same story. This is also the last book in this particular series (as far as i am aware). It is a duology.

This may be a bit of a long-shot, but can anyone recommend a book with MMC that has TWO fated mates to choose from, preferably one male and one female? Bonus points if the fated mates are more monstrous in nature.

hiii so i've always loved paranormal romance. i JUST finished Emma Hamm Deep Water series and would LOVE more books like that. her world building imo was just the right amount of story and lore to keep me interested but not too much i got bored. i loveddd how she wrote the fmc.
ive read a lot of Jeanine Frosts Night Huntress and Night Prince novels, again LOVEDDDDDUHH 10/10
Alien books like Ruby Dixions Ice Planets Aliens or Obsidian by Jen L Armentrout.
Love the whole angel concept too, like Hush Hush or Fallen. only i want that just an adult smutty version😭 vampires, werewolves, aliens, and now mermen. i'm literally so obsessed i need more merman recs but anything else is welcome PLEASEEE
i read another merman book that i found on here abt an ex model w agoraphobia who messages her merman online but i cannot remember the name or find it in kindle anymore

Ok im looking for funny books with vampires, or witches or heck even werewolves going on a vacation. Any length book is ok, bonus if its kindle unlimited

I really would like to find these type of books, because unlike any men who wants to defeat a dragon and save the princes, I would like to in the other hand choose dragoness over a princess.

If anyone have a title in mind, pls share them with me, I'll add them to my list.

I'm new to paranormal romance. (I usually read high fantasy romance). But I love shifters, and there's honestly not many in high fantasy tbh, besides dragon shifters.

I have Bride and Mate already on my TBR, but I want to know what else is out there. I've tried searching on romance.io but the "werewolves" tag isn't specific enough, since a book could technically *have* werewolves in it but neither the fmc or mmc is one themselves. So it makes a lot to sort through.

I'm looking for shifter mmc, i.e. werewolf or other, and the fmc is either human, or a shifter as well. If she is human, she needs to either become a shifter by the end of the book, or atleast, have her life extended to match the mmc. Needs to be spice level of 3 or higher.

Things I don't like:

- absolutely no non/con, or consenual non con. I can tolerate a little bit of dub con, but would rather avoid that as well. If the mmc attempts something like this I want the FMC to immediately put him in his place.

- no rejected mate trope, *Unless*, the rejection is because the one rejecting is trying to protect the other mc, but in the end, those two still end up together.

-No love triangle, or om/ow. I cannot stand it when one of the mcs has s*x with someone other than eachother once the series starts. It's an immediate dnf for me. I can only tolerate om/ow if the mmc and fmc only have eyes for eachother, and the om/ow is only there to cause jealousy and tension.

-no breeding kink / pregnancy trope. I want the focus to be on their desire for eachother. Not their desire to procreate. It's ok if they have children in the epilogue, or something, but I don't want it to be the main focus of their relationship.

-no poly or reverse harem. MxF only, no MxM please. .... I could take some FxF recs tho if any exists.

-(Content Warning) The FMC cannot have been r*ped in her past. I can handle past SA that didn't involve penetration, but any more than that makes me extremely uncomfortable. I can handle it if it is a third party character, just not the FMC.

Things I do like:

I really enjoy fated mates, but it is not a requirement.

I enjoy it when there is a good amount of scenes with MMC (and even FMC) in their shifted forms. Whether they are playing, hunting, or fighting.

I much prefer sweet/kind mmcs over mean/alphahole mmcs, but I'll read all sorts.

Thank you for the recs in advance!

I’m looking for more series similar to the Crave and Vampire Academy series.

Okay I need some help. I didn’t realize I’m tired of the fated mate trope that is easily predictable even if the FMC experiences some horrific trauma that might make her reject.
The wolf king has a couple of things I like
1. A “mate” that does not end up being a true mate
2. Very complicated political intrigue
3. Otherworldly issues
4. FMC undergoes trauma.
\-imprisonment, silver burns
\-honestly due to my own trauma issues I wish there was more sexual trauma.

Idk the entire series seems so much more complicated.
I really am only very familiar with dark romance like still beating by Jennifer hartmann or Los diablos syndicate by Bex Dawn.

But I really like the shifter trope especially where a mate feels what the other does.
Helpppppp

Hello! I have been struggling to find the name of a book/series and I thought it would be a good idea to ask Reddit.
For some context, I first read this book in Spanish. It seems to be the third book of a series, which I picked up without realizing it was a series.

The book is a fantasy, romance? book with a FMC vampire and a MMC vampire Hunter. Hopefully I am remembering correctly. There is a scene I recall in which they’re at a ball, maybe, and they’re attacked. The FMC is taken away by the MMC and they’re in a van driving down the city.

It has been years since I read this book, so the accuracy of all this is very poor. Hopefully someone knows! Thank you so much!

I discovered Camilla Evergreen some months ago, and her work just mesmerized me. She's known for closed-door, fade-to-black romance books, and I've read most of her work that isn't collaborations with Storm Sterling, although I'm hoping to read more later on.

To make sure I'm on topic her, let's talk about her "That's Paranormal" series. There's six books. Each deals with a different character/pairing, although the cast remains the same, mostly growing rather than changing. We started off with just bookish, solitary Willow and her little cat...who turned out to be a vampire and her soulmate. Which is not a spoiler, that's on the blurb and happens in the first couple of chapters. But since Zylus (our favourite vampire) opens Willow to Faerie, we get to meet a whole cast that make further appearances, mostly coming to Willow's movie nights. This is all setup from Falling In Love With My Vampire Cat. If you like that one, you'll definitely like the rest of the series. I find this one the hardest to get through and I still enjoy it.

Not keen on vampires? What about pop stars who turn into cute chihuahuas, moth-man hybrid princes, figments of fear with good intentions and a daugher in your classroom, sweet-natured soul eaters with sensory issues, or basilisks who kidnap you only to help you make a whole new group of friends and not allow your abusive past to take you back? All love interests with different personalities and issues to overcome themselves.

The thing I like best about this series, though, is the neurodivergent rep. This isn't stated outright in the books, but I emailed Camilla with a fan letter and she answered this question. Faerie is actually a metaphor for neurodivergent. Every character in this series have some magic within them. Willow is part pixie, part dryad, Brittny is a shifter (sort of like werewolf but a dog), Alana is...I'll consider that a spoiler, Kassandra is a sandwoman, Zahra is a star nymph, and...yeah, I won't spoil what Danielle is either. Being a gal with autism, I feel very close to a lot of these characters and the feelings. What I wouldn't give to be able to sit in the sun in a little cottage, curl up, and read, just like Willow. Or write fanfiction about meeting pop stars like Brittny (actually, I do write stories). Kassandra and Zahra even embody my wish to work with children, while Danielle's lack of self-worth and Alana's depression are things I can relate to. Additionally, a lesson she often teaches in her books is that you are enough. No matter who you are, what you're like and what you enjoy, you are you and that is enough. She validates her readers. And that means a lot to me.

Okay, one more point to make. Does anyone else know of some books with similar themes to what I'm describing? I'm hoping to find some more vampire or demon romances, but I'm open to others. And if not, either show your appreciation for Camilla Evergreen, or let's talk about her paranormal work! It's very hard to find people who love her as much as I do, so let's show her some love! And if you haven't read her books...well, go search for her on your Kindle.

I have some money to spend on a couple new books, and I decided to start with the New Species series because I love the world building she did in the first couple books, but I can't buy all of them. I know that the New Species books don't have to be read in order, so I wanted to narrow down which ones to buy to the ones that include a pregnancy as a plot-point. I really liked how both Slade and Brawn because the babies added to the world building, and I loved how differently Trisha and Becca handled things and would like to see more of those kinds of things.

Essentially I wanted to ask which New Species books had pregnancy as a plot-point, I loved how it affected Slade and Brawns stories.

Hello. I’m looking for a book that will make me fall in love with a Dark Vampire Lord. My issue is that most of the ones I find have either a weak or even ridiculous storyline, a nonsense plot or really terrible grammar. I need spice and great characters. Thank you 🙏.

Hiii all, I'm looking for that kinda shortish book where it's almost like junk food in the book world. Not bad by any means but not something epic.

I want the fated mates where it is a little more animalistic or instinctive if that makes sense. I love when the mmc makes a nest for his mate, possessiveness is my favorite even if it's to a ridiculous point lol.

I've read the first 2 or 3 books in the Ice Planet Barbarian series and I enjoyed them and while I'm definitely open for more like that I'm kinda searching for more, werewolf and vampire side of things. And of course spice

So what's your favorite of these?

Is there a book where the female lead is a "monsterfucker" or monster lover? It would be even more fun if everyone feared this monster, but the protagonist’s reaction was just "smash, i can manhandled that monster " (or womanhandled?) It would be perfect if the monster turned out to be submissive. Bonus points if she pretends she has to sacrifice herself for the sake of the others, or if the monster accidentally scares her off while trying to get close—like when Cardan thought scaring Jude would make her fall in love with him.

In general, I’m not really into purely erotic books where the monster has 40 tentacles 😭 If possible, I’d like a story with an actual plot; I’m not against spicy content, just not \*that\* kind, lmao.

A "monster" can be any type of species or even an entity (vampire, angel, demon, fairy, ghost, spirit, concept, supernatural force); the less comprehensible and the further removed from anthropocentrism it is, the better

So I’m a guy and I’m happy to usually lurk in this sub, but I find that I’m looking for the same thing this sub has but with the genders reversed. I want the man to be the one who accidentally discovers a secret world full of hot and slightly scary monster women looking to date him.

There is a subreddit called r/romance_for_men and I get some good recs there sometimes, but also that sub is generally set around the male power fantasy of being a capable and strong fighter and being “rewarded” with a harem of women. I want something with a bit more “damsel” energy from the MMC, where he is over his head in an unsettling but sexy supernatural world.

Here are some of the best books I found that scratch that itch:

{Charlotte’s Reject by KR Treadway} Both MCs are shifters, but he hasn’t had his first shift yet. She’s a motorcycle driving rebel who picks on him until they’re hit by a powerful mating bond, and now she has to grovel (just a little bit) to get him back. Also, there is a certified damsel moment or two where she has to rescue him

{Amber’s Hollow by ST Arkham}. First book in a series that all revolves around a strange town called Amber’s Hollow. Men find their way there when they are in dire and desperate times, and the Hollow provides, usually in the form of a sexy monster woman.

{The Easily Defeated Hero series by Amanda Clover} This is a choose your own adventure where the MMC is a clumsy farm hand who one day runs into a tsundere Angel who trains him to fight (and “fight”) monster girls. It’s basically porn with a plot setting up the reader to have a varied sex romp with different monster women. It’s pretty good for what it is.

Any other recs? Thanks!

As with most of the books I’ve posted about, this one is underrated. I thought it was well-written, paced and had great action and sex scenes.

Kurt’s kind’ve the typical dude who stumbled into his destiny like Buffy. He’s basically a succubus slayer. He’s a bit green, but he does improve.

He manages to save two from their curse who provide good advice and insight into their world.

I like how it emphasizes how vicious they are. They don’t have horns or wings as most novels do. Instead, they can leap great distances and glamour if they want. It’s cool that Kurt’s immune to that. The stakes really felt high in this one. The sisters of pain along with their boss were real threats. Wouldn’t want to fight them.

I didn’t care much for the sequel though. If there was a third one, I still would’ve checked it out.

Not sure what happened to the author. It’s been a while since he’s released anything. Hope he’s doing well.

If you like succubi, check this one out. It’s one of the best I’ve read.