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Dark romance

Seen the final Twilight film and feeling bereft?  Fear not - the books on our list will help you fill the Twilight-shaped hole in your life. Taking a range of different approaches to the dark romance genre, these are all compelling novels combining love and passion with supernatural mystery.

  • Starcrossed

    Starcrossed

    by Josephine Angelini
    Macmillan Children's Books
    When the beautiful and mysterious Delos family arrive on Nantucket Island, Helen Hamilton's teenaged life is turned upside down.
    Read about 'Starcrossed'
  • The Gathering Dark

    The Gathering Dark

    by Leigh Bardugo
    Indigo
    In this richly-imagined and beautifully-written novel, Leigh Bardugo has created a vivid fantasy world drawing on Russian traditions and folklore
    Read about 'The Gathering Dark'
  • A Great And Terrible Beauty

    A Great And Terrible Beauty

    by Libba Bray
    Simon and Schuster Childrens Books
    Gemma Doyle struggles to deal with her strange supernatural powers in this first installment of Libba Bray's series set in Victorian England.
    Read about 'A Great And Terrible Beauty'
  • The Diviners

    The Diviners

    by Libba Bray
    Atom
    In this lively and atmospheric tale of 1920s New York, party girl Evie finds herself investigating a sinister string of occult murders.
    Read about 'The Diviners'
  • Witch Crag

    Witch Crag

    by Kate Cann
    Scholastic
    Kita longs to escape from the brutish culture of life amongst the sheepmen on the hill fort - and makes up her mind to join the mysterious tribe of witches living on the sinister Witch Crag.
    Read about 'Witch Crag'
  • City of Bones

    City of Bones

    by Cassandra Clare
    Walker Books
    When Clary visits a nightclub, she discovers that she is one of the Shadowhunters - a group of demon-hunters living in a world of vampires, werewolves and warlocks.
    Read about 'City of Bones'
  • The Splendour Falls

    The Splendour Falls

    by Rosemary Clement-Moore
    Corgi
    Sylvie's future as a star ballet dancer is mapped out, but her dreams are shattered when she breaks her leg.
    Read about 'The Splendour Falls'
  • Love Bites

    Love Bites

    by Jo Cotterill
    Barrington Stoke
    Grace has finally found someone she loves and, unbelievably, James loves her back. But Grace is not all she seems - she has a strange and terrible secret.
    Read about 'Love Bites'
  • Blood Magic

    Blood Magic

    by Tessa Gratton
    Corgi Children's Books
    Silla's father murdered her mother and then killed himself. She is convinced her father was not evil, but what could have led him to commit such an act? A mysterious spell book may provide the answers Silla seeks.
    Read about 'Blood Magic'
  • Fallen

    Fallen

    by Lauren Kate
    Corgi Children's
    Luce has been falsely implicated in the mysterious death of a school friend, and much to her despair, has been sent to reform school. But one student, Daniel, seems curiously familiar.
    Read about 'Fallen'
  • Angel Dust

    Angel Dust

    by Sarah Mussi
    Hot Key Books
    Serafina is one of the brightest and most beloved of all God's angels - until she is sent down to earth to collect the soul of Marcus Montague, and deliver him to Hell.
    Read about 'Angel Dust'
  • The Immortals: Evermore

    The Immortals: Evermore

    by Alyson Noel
    Macmillan Children's Books
    In the first book of The Immortals series, find out what Ever will do after discovering she can read auras and hear thoughts
    Read about 'The Immortals: Evermore'
  • The Soul Seekers: Fated

    The Soul Seekers: Fated

    by Alyson Noel
    Macmillan Children's Books
    Fans of The Immortals will not be disappointed by this, the first in a new series by Alyson Noel, which offers readers plenty of romance, excitement and mystery
    Read about 'The Soul Seekers: Fated'
  • Burn Mark

    Burn Mark

    by Laura Powell
    Bloomsbury Publishing
    This supernatural thriller is set in an alternate modern day London in which witchcraft exists, but those who have 'the fae' have become a mistrusted, persecuted underclass.
    Read about 'Burn Mark'
  • Shiver

    Shiver

    by Maggie Stiefvater
    Scholastic
    Set in small-town Minnesota, Stiefvater’s moving and poetic novel of human/wolf interaction and relationships is a werewolf story like no other.
    Read about 'Shiver'
  • Angel

    Angel

    by LA Weatherly
    Usborne
    A thriller with a difference, this riveting read explores the conflicting emotions felt by two young people who know that only by risking their lives can they save the world.
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