Demons Books
Princes of hell, devils with contracts and things that crawled up from somewhere worse.
Spiciest here: Her Soul to Take. Darkest: Between Two Fires.
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The books
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A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon
Mariel botches a spell and summons Ozroth, a grumpy demon who's stuck with her until she agrees to a bargain. She refuses. So they fake date to annoy her mother instead. Small-town cozy fantasy with much more open-door heat than the cover lets on.
- Demons
- Witches
- Deals and Bargains
- Forced Proximity
Content warnings
Physical or emotional abuse
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Between Two Fires
France, 1348. The plague is killing everyone, and a disgraced knight ends up protecting an orphan girl who says angels speak to her. Fallen angels are making war on the world and the imagery is straight out of a medieval nightmare. Proper horror.
- Demons
- Grimdark
- Found Family
- Gods and Mythology
Content warnings
Gore, Graphic violence, Death of a loved one, Sexual assault, Harm to children
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City of Bones
Clary watches three teenagers kill something in a New York club that nobody else can see, and that's her introduction to the Shadowhunters, Jace in particular. Snarky and very 2007, and the book's infamous twist fueled a decade of forum fights.
- Demons
- Love Triangle
- Forbidden Love
- Found Family
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder, Kidnapping
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Clockwork Angel
Tessa sails to Victorian London to find her brother and gets taken by the Dark Sisters, who force her to learn she can shapeshift. The London Institute's Shadowhunters pull her out, and Will and Jem become the love triangle Clare fans cry about most.
- Demons
- Love Triangle
- Found Family
- Forbidden Love
Content warnings
Kidnapping, Death of a loved one, Graphic violence, Drug or alcohol abuse
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Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Karou is a blue-haired art student in Prague whose foster father is a monster, literally, and whose errands go through doors that open anywhere. Then an angel shows up and the doors start burning. The back half turns into a long flashback, and that's where the heartbreak is.
- Forbidden Love
- Demons
- Found Family
Content warnings
War, Genocide, Graphic violence, Death of a loved one
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Her Soul to Take
A demon named Leon is summoned to hunt Rae down, and he likes his work a little too much. Horror-adjacent, very kinky and full of CNC and blood play. Laroux posts a thorough warning list, use it.
- Demons
- Possessive Hero
- Villain Gets the Girl
- Morally Gray
Content warnings
Torture, Graphic violence, Gore, Dubious or non-consent
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House of Earth and Blood
Urban fantasy Maas: phones, clubs, angels and a half-fae party girl hunting whoever killed her best friend. The first 200 pages are a slog and the last 200 are a sprint.
- Fae
- Demons
- Morally Gray
- Slow Burn
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Gore, Murder, Drug or alcohol abuse, Death of a loved one
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Katabasis
Alice Law's advisor dies in a lab accident, and she wants that recommendation letter enough to go down into Hell and bring him back. Her rival Peter insists on coming. Hell turns out to be a lot like grad school. Clever, dense and very angry at academia.
- Dark Academia
- Demons
- Forced Proximity
- Slow Burn
Content warnings
Suicide or suicidal thoughts, Physical or emotional abuse, Graphic violence, Drug or alcohol abuse
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Kingdom of the Wicked
Sicilian witch summons a prince of hell to find out who killed her twin. Wrath is the best part, and the spice goes up a lot in book two.
- Witches
- Demons
- Enemies to Lovers
- Revenge
Content warnings
Murder, Gore, Death of a loved one
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Legendborn
Bree joins an early college program at UNC after her mom dies and stumbles into a secret society of Arthurian descendants who hunt demons. Grief drives the whole thing, and the way it digs into Southern history sets it apart from every other King Arthur book.
- Demons
- Dark Academia
- Deadly Trials
- Love Triangle
Content warnings
Death of a loved one, Graphic violence, Murder
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Phantasma
Ophelia Grimm is a necromancer with a cruel voice in her head who enters the Prince of the Devils' deadly game, where only one player wins a wish. Caraval meets a haunted manor, with a lot more heat. The cover did plenty of the selling on BookTok.
- Deadly Trials
- Deals and Bargains
- Demons
- Forbidden Love
Content warnings
Death of a loved one, Suicide or suicidal thoughts, Graphic violence
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Sorcery of Thorns
Elisabeth grew up in a library where grimoires growl and turn into monsters if you damage them. When one gets loose, she's stuck with Nathaniel, a snarky sorcerer, and Silas, his demon servant, who steals every scene. Cozy and creepy at once.
- Demons
- Enemies to Lovers
- Slow Burn
- Forced Proximity
Content warnings
Murder, Graphic violence, Death of a loved one
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The Bear and the Nightingale
Medieval Russia, winter spirits and a girl who refuses to stop feeding the household demons. Cold, beautiful and slow in the good way.
- Fairy Tale Retellings
- Witches
- Demons
- Curses
Content warnings
Death of a loved one, Physical or emotional abuse
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The Gunslinger
The man in black fled across the desert, and Roland followed. A weird, dusty, half-dreamed western that King revised years later. It's the thinnest book in the series and the strangest. The Tull chapter is still one of his nastiest.
- Grimdark
- Morally Gray
- Demons
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder, Harm to children, Dubious or non-consent
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The Warded Man
Every night demons rise from the ground, and people survive behind magic wards. Arlen watches his mother die because his father froze, and decides he'll fight back. Great first half. The handling of sexual violence in the back half is a common complaint.
- Demons
- Found Family
- Morally Gray
- Revenge
Content warnings
Sexual assault, Graphic violence, Death of a loved one, Physical or emotional abuse
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The Wretched Divine
Grace's adult debut: a knight bonded to an angel has to team up with a demon to find a cure. Way darker than Belladonna and a bit overstuffed, but the emotional core is the most complicated thing she's written.
- Demons
- Forbidden Love
- Enemies to Lovers
- Morally Gray
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Death of a loved one
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This Savage Song
In Verity, violence literally breeds monsters. Kate wants to be as ruthless as her father, who runs half the city, and August is a monster who'd rather be human. No romance to speak of. YA and the best of Schwab's books for teens.
- Demons
- Found Family
- Morally Gray
Content warnings
Murder, Suicide or suicidal thoughts, Graphic violence, Physical or emotional abuse
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Throne of the Fallen
Envy gets his own book and Maniscalco cranks the spice way past Kingdom of the Wicked. A spin-off you can read on its own.
- Demons
- Forced Proximity
- Enemies to Lovers
- Curses
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder
