What’s not to love about a book haul?! Jo at Epic Reads highlights some of the latest YA Dark Academia she’s found…
Featured titles:
The Temptation of Magic by Megan Scott — Perfect for fans of A Discovery of Witches and Serpent & Dove, this mesmerizing dark academia romantasy debut delves into a dangerous supernatural society hidden within our own — where forbidden love and immortal hunters collide, and a dark truth may unravel the entire world. Get the Audiobook
Immortal Consequences by I.V. Marie — Six students compete to change their fate at a darkly enchanted boarding school in purgatory where graduation is the only escape–and love can cross the boundaries between life and death. Get the eBook | Get the Audiobook
That Devil, Ambition by Linsey Miller — Perfect for fans of A Study in Drowning, Gallant, and All of Us Villains, this thrilling stand-alone fantasy is about the lengths we’ll go to get ahead. An incredibly fresh, twisty love letter to dark academia…with a body count.
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn — To discover the truth behind her mother’s mysterious death, a teen girl infiltrates a magical secret society claiming to be the descendants of King Arthur and his knights. Get the eBook | Get the Audiobook
The Library of Shadows by Rachel Moore — Funny, moving, and heart-achingly real, this romantic romp and paranormal romcom debut–through a haunted library with trapdoors, ghosts, and memories–is full of great love that triumphs over even death.
A Language of Dragons by S.F. Williamson — In an alternate London in 1923, one girl accidentally breaks the tenuous truce between dragons and humans in this sweeping epic steeped in language, class, and forbidden romance. Perfect for teen fans of Fourth Wing and Babel. Get the eBook | Get the Audiobook
The Lilies by Quinn Diacon-Furtado — One of Us Is Lying meets A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder in this don’t-dare-to-look-away dark academia thriller that explores how secrets can rot an institution–and the people who uphold it–from the inside out.
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid — Entering a contest to redesign late author Emrys Myrddin’s estate, aspiring architect Effy Sayre arrives at Hiraeth Manor where she meets a stodgy young literature scholar who draws her into a battle against dark forces — both mortal and magical — that threatens to consume them both. Get the eBook | Get the Audiobook