Academy of Villains: Similar romance series

The Shadow and Bone Trilogy

by Leigh Bardugo

3.79 · 1381 ratings

high fantasy · dystopian · magic · fantasy · young adult · paranormal · glimpses-kisses · teenage-mmc · mystery · witches · teenage-fmc · first-person-pov · military · fighters · dark · war · strong heroine · friends to lovers · tortured hero · death

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Kingdom of Lies

by Stacia Stark

4.10 · 924 ratings

gifted heroine · from hate to love · abuse · fae · political-intrigue · commander · audiobook · alpha male · m-f · male-pov · independent heroine · fantasy · forced proximity · death · magic · high fantasy · vengeance · strong heroine · dual-pov · possessive hero

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An Ember in the Ashes

by Sabaa Tahir

4.17 · 796 ratings

war · high fantasy · dystopian · fantasy · young adult · dark · military · class difference · strong heroine · dual-pov · male-pov · magic · paranormal · competent heroine · fighters · warrior-heroine · tortured hero · cliffhanger · angst · slow burn

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Witchwood Boys

by C.M. Stunich

4.17 · 516 ratings

strong heroine · urban fantasy · dual-pov · survival · cold hero · mental-trauma · dark · graphic-violence · past-child-neglect · past-abuse · first-person-pov · explicit-plentiful · sassy heroine · from hate to love · suspense · paranormal · contemporary · poly · found-family · witches

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Belladonna

by Adalyn Grace

4.02 · 409 ratings

fantasy · gifted heroine · young adult · paranormal · audiobook · open-door · historical · death · magic · from hate to love · suspense · m-f · non-human-hero · aristocratic heroine · rich heroine · third-person-pov · independent heroine · fated-mates · mystery · age difference

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The Wicked Years

by Gregory Maguire

3.51 · 297 ratings

urban fantasy · audiobook · new adult · dark · fantasy · strong heroine · young adult · paranormal · suspense · contemporary · high fantasy · queer · dystopian · behind-doors · high-school · magic · length-long · historical · horror · first-in-series

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Sevenwaters

by Juliet Marillier

4.21 · 572 ratings

fantasy · paranormal · audiobook · fae · magic · historical · high fantasy · medieval · legends & fairy tales · young adult · witches · length-long · mystery · strong heroine · dark · behind-doors · virgin heroine · from hate to love · ireland · war

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Compelling Fates Saga

by Sophia St. Germain

4.02 · 255 ratings

fae · from hate to love · paranormal · audiobook · fated-mates · fantasy · magic · length-long · high fantasy · m-f · found-family · forced proximity · other-man-woman · love triangle · war · dark · shapeshifters · new adult · young adult · political-intrigue

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Mousai

by E.J. Mellow

4.07 · 141 ratings

dual-pov · strong heroine · third-person-pov · high fantasy · tortured hero · cold hero · m-f · audiobook · political-intrigue · young adult · competent heroine · new adult · gifted heroine · historical · magic · fantasy · independent heroine · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · grumpy sunshine

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Something Dark and Holy

by Emily A. Duncan

3.60 · 187 ratings

magic · high fantasy · from hate to love · paranormal · young adult · audiobook · fantasy · dark · historical · horror · length-long · royalty · dystopian · found-family · witches · monsters · glimpses-kisses · war · mystery · standalone-first

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Empirium

by Claire Legrand

3.74 · 184 ratings

high fantasy · dark · young adult · royalty · new adult · fantasy · dystopian · legends & fairy tales · audiobook · paranormal · from hate to love · time travel · magic · historical · love triangle · other-man-woman · dual-pov · urban fantasy · friends to lovers · open-door

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Bride of the Shadow King

by Sylvia Mercedes

3.73 · 227 ratings

fantasy · arranged marriage · new adult · fae · paranormal · marriage of convenience · from hate to love · audiobook · monsters · magic · historical · high fantasy · royalty · dark · open-door · length-long · young adult · urban fantasy · witches · virgin heroine

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The Four Winds

by Alexandria Warwick

3.49 · 152 ratings

fantasy · audiobook · horror · historical · ancient times · open-door · dark · non-human-hero · m-f · length-long · slow burn · suicide · hurt-comfort · disabilities and marks · tortured hero · angst · high fantasy · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · legends & fairy tales

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The Beauchamp Family

by Melissa de la Cruz

3.51 · 142 ratings

witches · mystery · fantasy · horror · magic · paranormal · young adult · contemporary · urban fantasy · independent heroine · europe · bad boys · length-medium · curvy heroine · historical · gifted heroine · scandinavia · forbidden love · from hate to love · suspense

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Esprithean Trilogy

by Parker Lennox

4.07 · 172 ratings

fantasy · magic · length-long · military · new adult · from hate to love · war · forced proximity · dark · other-man-woman · high fantasy · paranormal · found-family · possessive hero · mystery · cold hero · age difference · open-door · first-in-series · standalone-first

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Her Majesty's Royal Coven

by Juno Dawson

3.97 · 131 ratings

audiobook · magic · paranormal · queer · fantasy · witches · contemporary · historical · urban fantasy · behind-doors · horror · length-long · found-family · demons · young adult · mystery · f-f · new adult · standalone-first · first-in-series

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Kings of Miskatonic Prep

by Steffanie Holmes

3.95 · 119 ratings

young adult · possessive hero · cruel hero · tortured heroine · mental-trauma · dark · vengeance · angst · tortured hero · urban fantasy · strong heroine · dub-con · dangerous heroine · mystery · fantasy · reverse harem · independent heroine · bad boys · horror · magic

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Secrets of the Faerie Crown

by Emberly Ash

3.87 · 103 ratings

aristocratic heroine · fated-mates · fantasy · age difference · arranged marriage · curvy heroine · length-long · magic · shapeshifters · fae · paranormal · audiobook · m-f · possessive hero · dark · explicit-open-door · non-human-hero · past-child-abuse · high fantasy · strong heroine

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Elemental Magic Unleashed

by Serenity Ackles

4.18 · 64 ratings

dark · vampires · urban fantasy · witches · reverse harem · magic · demons · immortal-hero · m-m · new adult · poly · paranormal · fantasy · immortal-heroine · werewolves · queer · teenage-fmc · shapeshifters · audiobook · m-f

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Forging Silver into Stars

by Brigid Kemmerer

4.18 · 63 ratings

from hate to love · royalty · abuse · working class heroine · queer · m-m · masc-dom · disabilities and marks · found-family · dual-pov · m-f · young adult · political-intrigue · paranormal · fantasy · medieval · war · male-pov · witches · length-long

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Monsters of St. Mark's

by K.C. Cross

4.16 · 57 ratings

first-person-pov · non-human-hero · urban fantasy · dual-pov · north-america · magic · usa · slavery · age difference · misogyny · mystery · fantasy · witches · male-pov · monsters · m-f · contemporary · found-family · paranormal · dragon shifter

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Nightstrider

by Sophia Slade

4.22 · 41 ratings

queer · high fantasy · fantasy · new adult · audiobook · dark · from hate to love · standalone-first · horror · length-long · magic · first-in-series · paranormal · f-f · male-pov · found-family · young adult · glimpses-kisses · open-door · behind-doors

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Blackthorn Saga

by Stephanie Denne

3.99 · 34 ratings

vampires · paranormal · found-family · fated-mates · fantasy · third-person-pov · urban fantasy · graphic-violence · college · witches · forced proximity · magic · length-long · horror · north-america · dual-pov · possessive hero · cold hero · non-human-hero · georgia

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