Why Choose Books
One heroine, several love interests and no need to pick. Also called reverse harem.
Spiciest here: Credence. Darkest: Den of Vipers.
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The books
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A Dowry of Blood
Constanta, Dracula's first bride, writes to him about how she came to want him dead. Short, gothic and lush. It's really a book about getting out of an abusive relationship.
- Vampires
- Why Choose
- Possessive Hero
- Morally Gray
Content warnings
Physical or emotional abuse, Murder, Gore
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Blood of Hercules
Alexis Hert takes a blood test and lands in a Spartan war academy built inside a Coliseum, where her mentors are gladiators Achilles and Patro and her professors are heirs to the underworld. Everyone is cruel to her. Unhinged, funny in a bleak way, and much meaner than the cover.
- Gods and Mythology
- Why Choose
- Academies and War Colleges
- Deadly Trials
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Physical or emotional abuse, Self-harm, Death of a loved one
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Bonded by Thorns
Beauty and the Beast, except there are four fae beasts and nobody has to choose. Cozier than most here, but steamy.
- Fae
- Why Choose
- Fairy Tale Retellings
- Curses
Content warnings
Physical or emotional abuse, Graphic violence
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Credence
After her parents die, Tiernan is sent to live in a remote mountain house with her stepuncle Jake and his two sons. The taboo is the whole point. Atmospheric snowed-in setting, but it's one of Douglas's most divisive books for a reason.
- Forbidden Love
- Why Choose
- Forced Proximity
- Possessive Hero
Content warnings
Dubious or non-consent, Sexual assault, Physical or emotional abuse, Suicide or suicidal thoughts
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Den of Vipers
Kidnapped by four men to settle her father's debt, and she ends up falling for all of them. Violent and over the top, and it knows exactly what it is.
- Why Choose
- Captor and Captive
- Villain Gets the Girl
- Possessive Hero
Content warnings
Kidnapping, Dubious or non-consent, Torture, Gore, Murder
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Lords of Pain
At Forsyth University a trio of Lords runs everything, and Story Austin becomes their very unwilling plaything. Dark college why-choose with secret-society rituals. The foreword warnings are long, read them.
- Why Choose
- Dark Academia
- Enemies to Lovers
- Possessive Hero
Content warnings
Dubious or non-consent, Physical or emotional abuse, Graphic violence
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Silver Under Nightfall
Remy Pendergast is a disgraced vampire hunter and a duke's bastard who ends up allied with a vampire heiress and her betrothed, a vampire prince. All three fall for each other. Dense worldbuilding, gory fights and a queer polyamorous romance right up front.
- Vampires
- Why Choose
- Court Intrigue
- Forced Proximity
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Gore, Physical or emotional abuse
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The Never King
Peter Pan snatches Winnie Darling, a descendant of Wendy, because he thinks she knows where his shadow went. Vane and the fae twins Kas and Bash come with the package. Neverland as a violent, hedonistic island. Check the author's content warning page first.
- Why Choose
- Fairy Tale Retellings
- Villain Gets the Girl
- Captor and Captive
Content warnings
Kidnapping, Murder, Graphic violence
