Morally gray love interests. Death-adjacent devotion. And enough emotional destruction to fuel your Wednesday. This week’s list features goth-flavored romances for readers who aren’t afraid of a little soul-binding obsession.
🖤We made it to Wednesday🖤
This week I finished To Love the Reaper by Alex N. Rose, and listen—if Death ever shows up looking like that, I’m not running. I’m making tea. And signing a soul contract with my prettiest pen.
So if you’re also into morally gray love interests, soul-deep obsession, and a little light death flirtation… here are 5 goth-tinged, emotionally destructive romances to haunt your TBR:
📚 The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy – Megan Bannen
“I’ve never hated someone so much I wanted to kiss them.”
Grumpy demigod. Sunshine necromancer. Corpse-adjacent enemies to lovers. (It’s weird. It’s perfect.)
📚 The Dead Romantics – Ashley Poston
“I was in love with a ghost. And it was the most real thing I’d ever felt.”
A ghostwriter meets a literal ghost. Cue the crying, swooning, and spiritual emotional damage.
📚 The Serpent and the Wings of Night – Carissa Broadbent
“I am yours. I am death, and I am yours.”
A brutal tournament. A vampire prince. Wings, fangs, and dangerously deep devotion.
📚 Ruthless Vows – Rebecca Ross
“You’re still the boy who carries my heart like a lantern in the dark.”
A hauntingly poetic conclusion to Divine Rivals that proves love is both a weapon and a war cry.
📚 A Soul to Keep – Opal Reyne
“He was not gentle. He was salvation wrapped in teeth.”
A human girl. A monstrous god. A romance that is all hunger and holy ruin.
🕯️ Which one are you reading under the covers this week? Or do you have one that emotionally wrecked you in a similar fashion? Drop it in the comments—I’m always ready to spiral deeper into the book void.
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