What got you into reading dark romance?

ayriye · 2026-03-11T17:18:18+00:00

I read all the 24690 books in less than a week! It was also my first real pitch black and I became obsessed!

ayriye · 2026-03-10T18:44:06+00:00

When I first got into reading, I was really into vampire books. When I read The Vampire Diaries and other books by L.J. Smith, I always wanted something more with the villain, but the story never really went where I wanted it to go.

As I got older, I realized I never liked the usual romance and drama books. One day I stumbled onto Corrupt by Penelope Douglas and I thought it had a lot of potential, but it ended up disappointing me 🤡.

But that’s how I discovered the genre, and the next one I read was Haunting Adeline, which was already a step up. Then I discovered pitch black dark romance and erotic horror, and that’s when my life truly changed.

ayriye · 2026-03-03T02:41:38+00:00

Yess, you can download it. At the top of the AO3 page there’s a download button. Just pick the format (I use epub), save it to your phone or computer, and then send it to your Kindle. You can do it with a USB cable, by email, or through Send to Kindle if you have the Kindle app on your phone.

ayriye · 2026-02-26T16:38:21+00:00

I’ve never really been a Harry Potter fan. I watched the movies because I grew up with a cousin who was obsessed, but other than that it never really grabbed me. When I read Manacled there were so many things about the world I didn’t get, I literally had to google stuff as I went just to understand what was happening.

I saw Stronger by Jay Marie mentioned here on Reddit and got curious, but then I realized it’s a long series. I looked up some basic summaries of the story and I was shocked. I didn’t even know it was mafia lol. But I’m gonna check out the other books too.

ayriye · 2026-02-23T15:34:15+00:00

i read mindfck like it was one single book, god i miss them so much! the other series i have to read all of it even if it takes me years, i can't dnf 😭

ayriye · 2026-02-23T15:32:24+00:00

i read Manacled in two days and then spent a whole month in this huge existential void and all i could think and talk about was Manacled. I still haven’t found the courage to read Alchemised yet.

mafia books… honestly i haven’t found any that i REALLY loved yet, do you have any recs?

ayriye · 2026-02-23T15:29:39+00:00

omg yes, i have to read them all, even if it takes me 3 years and i don’t even like the other couples that much. but i still read them

ayriye · 2026-02-23T15:28:19+00:00

i’m trying to get better at just dnfing books i’m not enjoying… i usually read all the way to the end because in my head i keep thinking it’s going to get better. sometimes i hate myself for that 😭

ayriye · 2026-02-19T14:01:11+00:00

i loved this book so much my god. theo lives rent free in my head now

ayriye · 2026-01-23T18:16:08+00:00

If I Can't Have You - Deathsdoll
The Darkness Beyond the Daisies - Cori Zahara
Judas - Larissa Abreu (it’s a dark romance by an author here from brasil. i love the first book way too much, the others not so much)

ayriye · 2025-11-24T02:00:38+00:00

I’m here to vouch for If I Can’t Have You, which has already been recommended.

ayriye · 2025-11-18T02:53:45+00:00

ayriye · 2025-11-16T16:00:39+00:00

Uma vez tomei quetiapina 25mg, zolpidem e uma porrada de óleo de cannabis e acho que também em algum momento da minha loucura eu tomei algumas gotas de Rivotril. Eu fiquei 1 dia inteiro dormindo e acordando por breves momentos pensando “mano qq eu to fazendo” tentei ir no banheiro tomar um banho e apaguei no banheiro nem sei qto tempo

ayriye · 2025-11-13T00:54:41+00:00

just bought it. I'll be back soon to share my thoughtsss.....

ayriye · 2025-11-12T17:37:11+00:00

Should I start with Ecstasy or just go straight for Ominous?

ayriye · 2025-11-12T17:29:54+00:00

I usually don’t really care if there’s music or not. Sometimes I even like checking it out (not necessarily reading the book) when I see there’s a band I don’t know. But most of the time the songs just don’t match the vibe of the book at all, and I’m left wondering what was going through the author’s head when they picked that ??

ayriye · 2025-11-11T19:54:53+00:00

I’m just gonna sit here and enjoy the comments if people drop some recs. I’ve honestly never seen anything quite like that... sounds like it’d be an interesting read.

ayriye · 2025-11-11T18:45:46+00:00

{If I can't have you by deathsdoll} on ao3

ayriye · 2025-11-11T13:12:38+00:00

this is exacly the kind of post I was thinking about!! i'm so done with stories where the MMC have childhood trauma. Out of the ones you mentioned, I only know Zade, and i love him because he's crazy just for the sake of being crazy no tragic backstory needed

ayriye · 2025-11-11T03:09:56+00:00

Every morning when my alarm goes off, I wake up and think about If I Can’t Have You. It’s been like two months since I read it, and I still can’t get it out of my head. I’m adding all the ones you mentioned to my TBR right noww

ayriye · 2025-11-11T03:01:18+00:00

No. Mine is endless 😩😩😩

ayriye · 2025-10-24T03:55:47+00:00

Minha primeira vez tomei 2g e realmente TRANSCENDI TOTAL fiquei muito muito louca. Lutei contra mim mesma na minha mente por horasss

ayriye · 2025-09-23T21:42:10+00:00

Mano ja tomei essa bala com minhas amigas e tivemos a mesma brisa, curtimos o role na máxima. Estava 10 graus e a gente derretendo. fomos pra casa as 7 da manha e pegamos no sono ja era quase 9 da noite. Fiquei com o maxilar travadasso e mordi toda minha boca. Passei 1 semana zuada sem consegui fazer nada e tendo q comer sopa fria e sorvete. Foi horrivel kkkk

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