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.
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City of Bones
Author: Cassandra Clare
Interest level: 12+
Reading age: 9+
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City of Bones
Author: Cassandra Clare
Interest level: 12+
Reading age: 9+
When Clary visits a nightclub, she discovers that she is one of the Shadowhunters - a group of demon-hunters living in a worl…
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Barefoot on the Wind
Author: Zoe Marriott
Interest level: 12+
Reading age: 12+
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Barefoot on the Wind
Author: Zoe Marriott
Interest level: 12+
Reading age: 12+
This stylish reworking of Beauty and the Beast unfolds in mythical Japan. Beautiful visual imagery, viscerally brutal action and d…
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Starcrossed
Author: Josephine Angelini
Interest level: 14+
Reading age: 12+
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Starcrossed
Author: Josephine Angelini
Interest level: 14+
Reading age: 12+
When the beautiful and mysterious Delos family arrive on Nantucket Island, Helen Hamilton's teenaged life is turned upside down.
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The Immortals: Evermore
Author: Alyson Noel
Interest level: 13+
Reading age: 13+
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The Immortals: Evermore
Author: Alyson Noel
Interest level: 13+
Reading age: 13+
In the first book of The Immortals series, find out what Ever will do after discovering she can read auras and hear thoughts
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Grave Matter
Author: Juno Dawson Illustrator: Alex T Smith
Interest level: 13-16
Reading age: 8+
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Grave Matter
Author: Juno Dawson Illustrator: Alex T Smith
Interest level: 13-16
Reading age: 8+
After Eliza dies, Samuel gets caught up in the sinister rituals of an occult sect, which promises to bring back his one true love.…
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The Ghost Bride
Author: Yangsze Choo
Interest level: 13+
Reading age: 13+
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The Ghost Bride
Author: Yangsze Choo
Interest level: 13+
Reading age: 13+
Set in 1890s Malaysia, this is the story of seventeen-year-old Li Lan, whose quiet life with her father is dramatically altered wh…
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A Hollow in the Hills
Author: Ruth Frances Long
Interest level: 12-14
Reading age: 10+
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A Hollow in the Hills
Author: Ruth Frances Long
Interest level: 12-14
Reading age: 10+
Izzy, who is only just getting used to her new powers, must try to stop a war breaking out. Hunted into the hills, she encounters …
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Shadow and Bone
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Interest level: 13+
Reading age: 13+
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Shadow and Bone
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Interest level: 13+
Reading age: 13+
In this richly-imagined and beautifully-written novel, Leigh Bardugo has created a vivid fantasy world drawing on Russian traditio…
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The Soul Seekers: Fated
Author: Alyson Noel
Interest level: 13+
Reading age: 13+
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The Soul Seekers: Fated
Author: Alyson Noel
Interest level: 13+
Reading age: 13+
Fans of The Immortals will not be disappointed by this, the first in a new series by Alyson Noel, which offers readers plenty of r…
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Lady Midnight
Author: Cassandra Clare
Interest level: 16-18
Reading age: 14+
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Lady Midnight
Author: Cassandra Clare
Interest level: 16-18
Reading age: 14+
Shadowhunters Julian and Emma are parabatai. They are allowed to do absolutely everything together except fall in love.
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Angel Dust
Author: Sarah Mussi
Interest level: 13-16
Reading age: 12+
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Angel Dust
Author: Sarah Mussi
Interest level: 13-16
Reading age: 12+
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 Mar…
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The Diviners
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Interest level: 13+
Reading age: 13+
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The Diviners
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Interest level: 13+
Reading age: 13+
In this lively and atmospheric tale of 1920s New York, party girl Evie finds herself investigating a sinister string of occult mur…
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A Great And Terrible Beauty
Author: Libba Bray
Interest level: 12-14
Reading age: 12+
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A Great And Terrible Beauty
Author: Libba Bray
Interest level: 12-14
Reading age: 12+
Gemma Doyle struggles to deal with her strange supernatural powers in this first installment of Libba Bray's series set in Victori…
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Falling to Ash
Author: Karen Mahoney
Interest level: 13+
Reading age: 12+
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Falling to Ash
Author: Karen Mahoney
Interest level: 13+
Reading age: 12+
Moth, a newly-made Vampire, used to be a normal teenage girl called Marie. Now, she is trying to juggle the demands of her living …
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The Night Itself
Author: Zoe Marriot
Interest level: 12+
Reading age: 13+
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The Night Itself
Author: Zoe Marriot
Interest level: 12+
Reading age: 13+
Mio feels a little anxious when she secretly takes her family's katana from her parents' attic, so she can use it as part of a fan…
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The Declaration
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Interest level: 12+
Reading age: 8+
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The Declaration
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Interest level: 12+
Reading age: 8+
A chilling story of a future where Longevity drugs have made sections of the population almost immortal. This is a thought-provoki…
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