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.
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.
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!
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!
I love dark romance but I’m the same! I don’t like reading SA and actively try to avoid it…. That being said I loved still beating! I think that author wrote it so well 😊
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
That’s what I commented already!! Those books are SO DARK. But I loved all of them. I think Lyla and Flame’s books were probably the darkest. Both went through horrific things and tillie cole is hella graphic
Also make a compilation on secret baby romance / herione forced to be with hero after the baby revelation/ bossy possessive alpha hero who is sweet at the core/ forced proximity P.S: I hope you understand the genre 😅🤣 because I do luv it but don't knw how to put the tag on that genre.
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.
I love, love dark romances and have added Deliver to my list from your last video. I did read Untouchable and I know what you are saying. It was hard to read but I did finish it. It was a hard one to rate, but it kept me reading...
3 years ago, I read Born to be Bound by Addison Cain. It was my first dark-romance book, and I thought it was pretty taboo because the FMC fell in love with a man who would rape her every time he didn't like something she said and wanted her to shut up, and he kept her locked up and wouldn't let her go out and see the sunlight. I now see that book is tame compared to books like Sick Fuxx
Love love LOVE sea of ruin and king of libertines (did you read the novella Jess? I read it whilst up to chapter 5 in sea of ruin, that's what Pam Goodwin suggests it be read) and still beating ❤️
I’ve read the 3 books of Deadly Virtues series by Tillie Cole and I liked them… Very dark but well written 👍🏻 I’ll read the Scared souls series definitely, too!!! I loved also the Mindf*ck series, all 5/5✨…. The revenge was so sweet!!!!! Deliver series is in my TBR list already 😊 Kisses from Europe 😊💐
I’ve been in a dark romance mood recently so I’m excited there were a few on here I haven’t read yet! I do have Sea of Ruin so I might have to go for that next.
I read Raphael for the book club and i really didn't remember anything.I checked my goodreads to see that i gave it one star so that explains it. But after reading the plot on goodreads i now remember the general idea. Also Jess you say that this wasn't for you but you gave if 4 stars on goodreads. How many stars do you give the ones you like?
I have no recollection of ever giving it four stars 😂 I must have liked the romance when I read it, but I’d definitely give it three stars as time has passed because I have no recollection of the romance now 🤷🏻♀️
I love dark romance books. Lately I have issues to find good dark romance stories because many authors promise to be dark, the plot is interesting, but fail in the ejection.
I like Tillie Cole too but sick fux is just not something I want to put my brain and heart through… Still Beating though, it was aaamazing and the thing with my personal taste is that, yes it can be dark as long as there is a very strong romantic component to the story. Want to read Sea of Ruin but I’m scared I won’t like it.
Read all of them,Deliver was one of my beginning dark reads,I stopped reading it then went back after a few months, loved the second book.The mind fuck series is the best loved the kickass heroine.Recently read still beating 💓 and loved it too
I Just finished sick fux this morning. It was a hard read but it was amazing. I will never read it again but I'm glad I read it. It's totally dark and twisty.
I totally understand not wanting to read the second book in the Deliver Us series. I highly recommend skipping it and reading Disclaim first, the third in the series. Personally, I never went back to read the second one after Disclaim but Disclaim shows him reformed and in a better light so might be easier to read the second book after that. But Disclaim is my favorite of the whole series and one of my favorite dark romances. It's so good!! Don't miss it just cuz the second book kinda sucks!!
Hello. Just want to give my book a little shine and was wondering if I can hire you to read my book and review it on your page, please? This romance is definitely dark and out of your comfort, yet practical. Message me. Thanks
Sick Fux was a DNF for me. I wanted to love it so bad, and I understand the author did it intentionally, but I couldn’t get over the heroine acting and talking like a child. Her talking like a child took me out of the story and wasn’t relatable for me to engross myself in the story.
I immediately stopped reading Enthralled when I read the scene of her first time, I mean it was just so cruel like how could you forgive something like that.
Nobody should judge anyone, as we all see things differently. We are all here to enjoy books. Thank you for your channel Jessica.
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.
I really need to read that duet!!
Same!! Read both this month and I’m stuck on them
@@PeaceLoveBooksxo So do I!
Its my fav book ever and i can’t find similar to it😭😭😭😭😭please if you have any recommendation?
@@maayasingh745 sameee, u found any similar books???
Your so right. Darkness is subjective. I also agree that balancing darker themes with the romance takes a deft hand. Love this video.
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.
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!
Omg Vanquish is my fav too!! 🥺🥰 Vaaaaaaannnnnn 😩💔
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!
I love dark romance but I’m the same! I don’t like reading SA and actively try to avoid it…. That being said I loved still beating! I think that author wrote it so well 😊
Listening to you talk about Still Beating makes me want to read it again. Sooooo good.
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. 😉
I still have to read Deliver Me! And it would be so cool to have Pam
Godwin on your channel!!
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
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.
Sea of Ruin is on my radar this year!!I have been so petrified to read Sick Fux 😬
sea of ruin is so good!
These recs were INSANE! I will definitely be checking them out
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.
Haha that’s what Crystal said too!! I will be brave enough to read it eventually!
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.
That is my favorite K Webster!
I haven’t heard of that K Webster book!
Court of ravens is probably the darkest romance duet I’ve ever read. Even more so than the cat and mouse duet.
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.
I haven’t read anything by Pepper Winters (that I remember), but I’ve heard she writes dark romances!
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
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.
That’s what I commented already!! Those books are SO DARK. But I loved all of them. I think Lyla and Flame’s books were probably the darkest. Both went through horrific things and tillie cole is hella graphic
Great dark choices! I think Anna Zaires - Twist Me series, comes to mind for me when talking dark 🙂
Also make a compilation on secret baby romance / herione forced to be with hero after the baby revelation/ bossy possessive alpha hero who is sweet at the core/ forced proximity
P.S: I hope you understand the genre 😅🤣 because I do luv it but don't knw how to put the tag on that genre.
So many of these I want to try! Still Beating was amazing.. Raze has always been on my radar! 🙃
I need to read Deliver! I bought it so long ago and it’s just sat on my kindle😅
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.
I love, love dark romances and have added Deliver to my list from your last video. I did read Untouchable and I know what you are saying. It was hard to read but I did finish it. It was a hard one to rate, but it kept me reading...
Pawns the The Bishops Game!! That was the book that got me into dark romance. I loved every minute of it.
3 years ago, I read Born to be Bound by Addison Cain. It was my first dark-romance book, and I thought it was pretty taboo because the FMC fell in love with a man who would rape her every time he didn't like something she said and wanted her to shut up, and he kept her locked up and wouldn't let her go out and see the sunlight. I now see that book is tame compared to books like Sick Fuxx
Love love LOVE sea of ruin and king of libertines (did you read the novella Jess? I read it whilst up to chapter 5 in sea of ruin, that's what Pam Goodwin suggests it be read) and still beating ❤️
damn! my TBR grows again....🤣🤣
Have you read pepper winters indebted series? That felt very dark to me
I’ve read the 3 books of Deadly Virtues series by Tillie Cole and I liked them… Very dark but well written 👍🏻
I’ll read the Scared souls series definitely, too!!!
I loved also the Mindf*ck series, all 5/5✨…. The revenge was so sweet!!!!!
Deliver series is in my TBR list already 😊
Kisses from Europe 😊💐
I’ve been in a dark romance mood recently so I’m excited there were a few on here I haven’t read yet! I do have Sea of Ruin so I might have to go for that next.
Still Beating was so good!
The darkest I've read so far was Sicko. It has many trigger warnings.
Mindf*ck series is in my TBR.
I want to read Deliver. It seems to be a gender flipped version of Captive in the dark. At least from what little you said here. Highly intrigued.
I read Raphael for the book club and i really didn't remember anything.I checked my goodreads to see that i gave it one star so that explains it. But after reading the plot on goodreads i now remember the general idea. Also Jess you say that this wasn't for you but you gave if 4 stars on goodreads. How many stars do you give the ones you like?
I have no recollection of ever giving it four stars 😂 I must have liked the romance when I read it, but I’d definitely give it three stars as time has passed because I have no recollection of the romance now 🤷🏻♀️
@@PeaceLoveBooksxo You know now i'm curious to find the live show for the book club just to see what you said.
I love dark romance books. Lately I have issues to find good dark romance stories because many authors promise to be dark, the plot is interesting, but fail in the ejection.
Hey can you explain what is dark romance
Where did you get those Sophie Lark editions from? Can't find them anywhere not even on her website where they limited editions?
I absolutely loved still beating and sea of ruin❤️
I like Tillie Cole too but sick fux is just not something I want to put my brain and heart through… Still Beating though, it was aaamazing and the thing with my personal taste is that, yes it can be dark as long as there is a very strong romantic component to the story.
Want to read Sea of Ruin but I’m scared I won’t like it.
the way that tillie cole has written some of the darkest books but everyone knows her for a thousand boy kisses hahahah
Hahaha so true!!
Read all of them,Deliver was one of my beginning dark reads,I stopped reading it then went back after a few months, loved the second book.The mind fuck series is the best loved the kickass heroine.Recently read still beating 💓 and loved it too
Hey Jess read Wrong by Adeline Forrest
These all sound so good I’m not gonna lie 👀
Try R. Lee Smith. Heat isn’t my fav but it’s pretty dark. And Land of the Beautiful Dead.
I Just finished sick fux this morning. It was a hard read but it was amazing. I will never read it again but I'm glad I read it. It's totally dark and twisty.
I do want to try Deliver by Pam Godwin. I haven’t yet, because I know it is really dark.
why is the mindfuck series no longer available in original but only the big one in 1 whole book? I find the coovers original amazing:(
You need to finish the cat and mouse duet. My fav human trafficking duet/books. Soooooo good. I think it’s topping my fav of the year so far this year
I haven’t read that suet yet! I really want to!!
My fav books are dark....thanks so much for the rec's.
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I totally understand not wanting to read the second book in the Deliver Us series. I highly recommend skipping it and reading Disclaim first, the third in the series. Personally, I never went back to read the second one after Disclaim but Disclaim shows him reformed and in a better light so might be easier to read the second book after that. But Disclaim is my favorite of the whole series and one of my favorite dark romances. It's so good!! Don't miss it just cuz the second book kinda sucks!!
the next book after Enthralled is so good you have to read it.
Still Beating!!!!!…the best
So good 😫
HI Jessica!! I am soooooo here for thiiiiiiiiis :))))))
Hello. Just want to give my book a little shine and was wondering if I can hire you to read my book and review it on your page, please? This romance is definitely dark and out of your comfort, yet practical. Message me. Thanks
The two books you showed are the sinners duet
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Pretty sure I dont want to read dark too much for me SA no thsnks
Sick Fux was a DNF for me. I wanted to love it so bad, and I understand the author did it intentionally, but I couldn’t get over the heroine acting and talking like a child. Her talking like a child took me out of the story and wasn’t relatable for me to engross myself in the story.
Raphael was 😳My goodness
Read the Torment duet by Dylan Page! It will ruin you
Darkest shit I've ever read and I've read some of these.
She's a great writer
i loved still beating from jennifer hartmann
I immediately stopped reading Enthralled when I read the scene of her first time, I mean it was just so cruel like how could you forgive something like that.
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