ONLY reading dark romance books for a week!
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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00-07:34 hooked
07:34-12:42 the predator
12:42-14:50 promises and pomegranates
14:50-19:57 the reaper
19:57-22:11 every dark romance book i've read
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Description so this video is more searchable: In this reading vlog I blindly picked out dark romance books from a jar and then read the books I chose at random. These books were dark, twisted, and spicy, and also included mafia romances.
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I really love spicy books. Maybe this is weird but honestly after reading a lot of spicy books, they kind of gave me a bit of confidence when it came to dating in my own life. I’m a very shy person and there is a line in Wildfire where Russ is told “the only person who knows you’re not confident is you” and I took that and applied it to my life! 😄😅
omg wait I love that. I completely forgot about that quote from Wildfire. I'm 100% going to start repeating that to myself when I'm feeling shy/insecure.
I love that you said you like spicy books!! I feel like people are scared to say that, especially on the internet, but I think we can all appreciate some spice!!! Loved this video Ali!
i’m so tired of everyone shaming people who like spice. it’s meant to be fun!
I love spicy! Honestly, we need to include jalapeños in our reviews 😂 I recommend reading _Once You’re Mine_ if u haven’t.
omg adding to my tbr immediately! thanks!@@ll2323
Same. And I don’t particularly like spice. I don’t mind it if its done well.
Spice non-lovers should stop acting like they're superior, and spice obsessed lovers should start trying to get into books without spice. I think there needs to be spaces for different opinions and likes/dislikes.
I totally relate when you said you used to feel embarrassed saying you liked romance movies/books! I saw a video one time that reminded me of what your therapist was saying and completely changed how I viewed the romance genre..basically it said reading romance is one of the only times where we are anticipating something good happening by the end and that it’s really healthy for our brains! ❤️
A lot of it has to do with the fact it was/is dominated women.
I'm not super into spice, I'd prefer a closed door romance. I also cannot stand when there's a female character who uses the same phrase to describe her *cough cough* interest in her partner. I don't usually read adult romance, but I'm still a sucker for the crazy insta-love obsession romance that's often a subplot in YA novels.
One hundred percent agreed!!
I agree and I just read The Worst Wingman Ever, it’s a short romance story and it’s so good!!
That is just like me haha
Same here
Aww, I was really excited to see you read Promises and Pomegranates (it was my favorite read of 2022) but I completely understand not wanting to read it if you read the prequel novella first. I read the prequel after I read the book which is why I didn't mind that it was mostly smut since (1) while the book is spicy, it's not the majority of the book the way the prequel is, and (2) they reference the events of the prequel in the book a lot, so the prequel really just served as context. Also, the thing with the MMC and the FMC's mom does get elaborated on. I'm also not the biggest dark romance fan, but Promises and Pomegranates is one of my favorite books. I really hope you'll give it a second chance, though I understand that it's not for everyone.
i preferred Scarred (the second book) way better than hooked, if you haven’t read it yet! also promises and pomegranates was the first dark romance i ever read and i absolutely loved it - i def recommend at least trying it out. you do get more information on the situation with the mom which explains it, especially if you finish the entire monsters & muses series.
i saw your goodreads reviews for these books and i couldn’t wait for you to post the video!! 😆 can’t wait to watch!!
i’m super excited for this one girl!👏🏽💗 dark romance is my favorite🤭🖤
You made my day better by posting! Love your vids. I can't wait for your throne of glass vlog! I'm doing the tandem read right now as well❤
I’m so glad people are posting while I’m at home!
You inspired me to branch out and get into romance books! This video is cool seeing you branch out within the genre!!
Omg! The communication in romance! Yes! I feel like this is always been how I wanted to explain why I love fantasy romance, but I’ve never had the words to describe it and this is it. 🙏🏻
I’ve been so obsessed with dark romance so thank god for this video 😅
please vlog reading the other 3 books of the dark verse series ! i love your reading videos ✨
your videos make me so happy and give me so much comfort😭
i have never been so early. love your uploads!!
LOVED this video 😍🥰🥰 you made me wanna read aaaalll these
Ali, I just wanna say that I absolutely love your videos. I’ve been struggling really bad emotionally lately and watching your videos just distracts me and calms me and I love hearing your thoughts on books and it motivates me to read despite being so down and emotionally drained. I wish I had a friend like you I could talk about books and other things with! Keep up the great work!
Yes! I just adore her energy and positivity, like a breath of fresh/reinvigorating air!!! Somehow always managed to bring a little bit of a smile to my face watching her videos.😊💖💖
this is so sweet and kind🥹 thank you. wishing you brighter days to come🌞
The Dark Verse series is my absolute favourite series !! Im so glad you love it too
mine too! it's so good I can't wait for the final book
I've been convinced to read the Dark Verse series now! Seeing your reactions to reading the first and second books has made me so excited to read them!! 💜
YAY! They're literally so good and unique (at least to me because I haven't read mafia romances before)
Great video! I'm so picky with Dark Romance and it's hard for me to find some I actually enjoy. I may give The Predator a try cuz it's on KU!
I have feelings about Haunting Adeline. It was pretty heavily inspired by QAnon and even had blood libel/adrenochrome conspiracy theories. The author later edited it out I think, but that was the basis of it. Zade is also entirely unlikeable as a character. He assaults Adeline (the book describes her disgust and non-consent, but I guess that's a normal thing in Dark Romance). There's also a (really bad and again, very QAnon) portrayal of Child Trafficking Rings. If you read it do a lot of research on it beforehand. Weirdo Book Club did a really great video breaking down the book and her thoughts as a reviewer, dark romance reader, and a survivor.
we all know its gonna be a good day when ali posts💖💖
Aww I love that u loved the predator 4🌟and the reaper4.5🌟,they were my fav from the whole series
The reason why we feel ashamed of reading romance book is because it's Hobbie mainly for women. And as such it's looked down. Reading sci-fy = well seen in societies eye. But romance is bad. The same with book and even sports. It's just sexism. As a teen I also felt like I had to lie about liking certain series ( gossip girl / TVD). I used to say I liked the walking dead.... I hate the walking dead
Gossip girl and TVD were my life even though i didnt grow up w the shows😭
I feel the same with you. I also used to do that with romance books/movies. I love romance more and more. ❤
I love the editing in this video!! I think I have similar feelings about dark romance 😅 I like spicy books but I also get easily cringed out by it if the writing isn’t my fav!
I loved the brutal birthright series by Sophie Lark, I’d definitely say it’s a good place to start with dark romance. And I totally get what you were saying about not wanting to tell people that you read a lot of romance or that you like spicy books. Also my favorite sub genre of romance is reverse haram/why choose and I would definitely recommend to start with contemporary ones before going into the dark ones. I’d recommend Pucking Around by Emily Rath or anything from Lily Gold or Penelope Black.
Also I totally can relate to you when you said what you said about being embarrassed to say you like romance. I would find myself in the same boat as you trying to think of other books to say when people asked me what I read. Booktok definitely helped me not feel embarrassed and I’m happy to say I LOVE spice in books but like you said spice with plot.
you must read haunting adeline, that book is what truly got me into reading dark romance and it made me realize how much i love that genre!!!!
I have loved this video and your genuine reactions to them. A plus for the video is your cat after you😂
I think you will love the Brutal Prince book and the rest of the series are soo good and i am in the middle of that series and i love it so munch
i love every dark romance ! i could read it all the time 😭
Omg just wait till the third dark verse book it is god tier for me!❤❤❤ you get so much more of those characters in the rest of the series don’t worry!
I love what you said about romance books! Not all romance books are just romance, many teach people lessons! For example it ends with us by Coleen Hoover!
I’m so early!!! And so excited!
The Ever king is really good 😊 It says it's a dark romance but it was fine (the dark parts are more pirate related )
Ive read a few drk romance books but I find that they're not rlly my fav :)) i love how open u r tho & glad u enjoyed em ;)
I definitely am a more closed door romance book kinda gal! I love the light cutesy love stories but to each their own 😅🤷🏽♀️
Pls continue the devils night bc kill switch and nightfall are the best out of the series! And yess omg read Haunting Adeline
That sik Luv by Jescie hall was sooo good.
Haunting Adeline didn’t liked so much actually. I was expecting so much more that what it was.
Looking for to read The Predator now.
I liked 'Virgin Sacrifice' by LM Ramirez! It was my first dark romance ever, and it was a great starter! I loved the college setting, and yes, both main characters are dark🤭
I understand what you mean regarding the power imbalance - I definitely prefer it when both people are just as dark/dangerous, it makes the story much more interesting. This whole innocent girl - bad boy thing is very stereotypical and it's been overdone in my opinion.
And as for being hesitant to say you like romance - I totally get that. Especially since for a long time it was "cool" to hate things typically associated with girl/woman hobbies. And to this day, the things women do are often considered less than - just look at that bald man's speech about the Barbie/Oppenheimer movies, lmao
I think you would really like Brutal Prince🥰 it's not too dark and the fmc is sooo cool and strong
Ali I hated the first two books in the never after series (hooked and scarred) but I actually LOVED wretched you should give it a chance since they’re stand alones you don’t need to read the second I just hate skipping books in a series lol
You need to finish promises and pomegranates! It’s really good. And you find out what happens with the mom. Def finish it! Kal is my favorite villain of that series!
Can u do a video including reading Legacy Of Gods series by Rina Kent?? I'm so curious as i really want to read it!!
I loved HOOKED SO GOOD! Absolutely one of my favorite retailing! 🪻🦋🌞🦋🌷🪻🪻🦋🌸🌸🌺🌺🪻🌻🌻📖📙📙📖📙📙📚📚📚📚📚📖📙📙📚🌺❤️🌸🌸🌺🫶🏻💕🌻🌻🪻🌷🦋🌞🌸🌼🌼❤️❤️📙📙📖📖📖📖📖📚📚📖📙🌸❤️🌺🌺🫶🏻🫶🏻💕🌷📖🌺🫶🏻🌺📖🌷🌷📖❤️❤️🪻🪻🦋🦋
Ali! I completely feel the romance books thing. I think it also has to do with the fact that (especially younger) we would feel judgement for loving hyper feminine things, and romance is view as a "girly" thing. Trying not to be like "other girls". Same goes for liking Taylor Swift or enjoying rom coms....ect.. But we are definitely stepping away from that standard these days lol because who cares!! And we are owning our sexuality more and more and don't feel like we have to hide it!! Love this video girly !!!
love your comment so much💗
I love dark romance but the genres I read are pretty much all over the place lol but im loving this video ❤
I just finished brutal prince last night , it's was a pretty fast-paced read and I ended up giving it a 3.5 stars
part 2 pls :)
I have heard hooked isn't that good but the second book scarred is really good
You might like brutal prince, it is pretty tame and a mafia romance. I find the whole brutal prince series more cute/morally grey then dark. Haunting adeline is a whole lot more dark, if you're not okay reading some non-consent (R***) type situations you probably won't like the series.
I view spice the same way as you do. I like my books spicy as long as there is plot. I want it to be the back drop but not the main focus.
Please read _Once You’re Mine_ It’s so good and I would say a precursor to Haunting Adeline. Haunting Adeline is very dark and u should take the trigger warning’s seriously. But with Once you’re mine, it’s a lighter side of HA. Please add both to ur list. 😊🙏 Hayden and Zade are just perfect.
Haunting Adeline was my first dark romance and fell in love with it, it's messed up and the second book I had to put down and process what I read 😅. Broken Beauty is good not my favorite but it's not a bad book all in all in my opinion.
Hey Ali. First off I absolutely love you and adore all ur videos. Your such a happy and bubbly person and I always find myself smiling watching ur videos 💕 I never never thought that I would be into dark romances but recently I’ve been loving them especially any one that has to do with the mafia. I think you would really like Lotus by Jennifer Hartman. I would say it’s the category of a dark world but the Female and male main characters aren’t murderers or super bad people.
I just read the first 2 books in the Dark Verse series (am currently reading book 3), and I freaking LOVED them. I'm 1000% a Dante girl. Sorry, Tristan 😭😭
You need to read Ruthless People by JJ Macoy. It has everything you like. Equal main characters and all
I started hooked as well and I’m not sure how I feel bout it xD it’s good but ahhhh 😂
my FAVE genre ever I adore the never after series loved this
Exactly
Didn’t really care for the characters.
Where do u get your audiobook from
I love romance books and I expect some spice scenes, however, I like when there's more of a connection then it being purely physical. However, sometimes when its a different genre and there's a lot of spice, I don't appreciate it as much and I rush to get the book over.
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4:46 Just found your channel and I was enjoying it when the wine glass came in and in my mind I went "Must be cranberry juice". And then you said "Back when I was in college..." Girl, how do you look so young??😂 Drop your skincare routine lol
omg I'm flattered hahaha I'm 25😅
@@JustAli Wow you could've passed as a high schooler😂👍🏻
Hooked was my second dark romance and I loved this book. I would have to say that I loved James. Ever since haunting adeline and hooked I love romance but more so the dark romance.
I, too, love spicy books and I do enjoy dark romances lol 😂 I would say if you didn’t like Hooked don’t read Haunting Adeline. I read the duet and almost DNF’d the second one bc of the content in the book and I don’t really have a lot of triggers lol. If you are curious though I say give it a try but the cat and mouse duet is most definitely a WILD time 😅
You should definitely continue the never after series especially the second book which is scarred. Tristan is the most unhinged top teir book boyfriend I've read about so far. Also the female main character is pretty bada$$ as well so youd probably like her better than wendy, maybe (i haven't read hooked yet i read them out of order lol) tristan also is very much "i will burn the world down for her" but very literally. Would highly recommend giving it a chance (and the spice is pretty good and isnt really there until a lot later in the book ) 💙
Romance books supremacy❤
So when I read brutal prince I could not put it down so once I was done with that I moved on to the next book and I just flew through the whole series
Love dark romances! That also center around mafia world! I have 2 dark romance recommendations that are mafia related! Sinners Anonymous By: Somme Sketcher (3 book series but can be stand alone because each book is a different couple) & The Sweetest Oblivion By: Danielle Lori. (Also a 3 book series but I think they’re all different couples)
I really like the devil's night series but all the other dark romances I started reading I dnf'd like hooked so I have no idea what I enjoy in this genre
Have you heard about Gothikana?
It’s not a dark romance specifically but the romances in Six of Crows are really similar in the way that the characters are morally grey and they live in really dark circumstances but love each other despite all of it. I know you’ve been talking about how excited you are to read that duology so I know you’ll really like it! All three relationships in the books are my absolute favorites
okayyyy i've already been excited to start this series & now I'm even more excited!!
I'd love more cat content
If you didn't like Hooked bc of how Hook treated Wendy, then you probably won't like Haunting Adeline fam. Zade (the love interest) SAs Adeline multiple times in that book (with a gun in one scene) and it also involves a child trafficking ring (the breaking up of one specifically). Overall it's pretty dark and if SA and child trafficking (or any of the other triggers those are just the main ones) are triggering or upsetting to you than skip it. It's not worth it
Why the hell would someone read a book where the main love interest literally assaults the main character? I’ve seen so many people online thirsting over Zade and I had no idea he was disgusting like that.
@@mauratyson9580 Yeah idk either. People can like what they like and all but it's still kinda weird
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Well they say we shouldn't judge🤷♀️
@@danaburr3296 I think it’s dangerous honestly. We shouldn’t be romanticizing assault in any sense even if it’s fictional
Haunting Adeline is the most insane book i have ever read, but i did give it five stars 😅
But what if unhealthy relationship isn’t marked as unhealthy and someone will think that that is a healthy relationship
that’s what it’s called dark romance
@@mollysiddall7690 But for example Colleen Hover doesn’t write dark romances. I was referring to romance generally
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See, that's where the problem is. I can't believe she's having her book made into a live action too. Odd.
I don't read a book because I'm promised spice in it (I always read a book for the plot) but if spice happens (and it's not a majority of the book)I don't mind it.
If you liked the mind fuck series I would recommend that you start with Sophie Larks 'There are no saints' rather than Brutal Prince. There are no saints is a serial killer romance and the first book in a duology. It's not exactly the same as the mind fuck series, but there are some similarities. It's a wild, fun time though and I think you would enjoy it.
I’m not a huge spice person I can read them if I feel it’s necessary, but sometimes when it’s so spicy and feels really unnecessary or overpowering the story it will make me weirdly uncomfortable.
I too struggled with saying I enjoy romance as I’m Aro/Ace and usually when say I enjoy romance I get criticized or people try to say my sexuality is invalid because of that… which is just not a fun conversation to have lol.
I personally love romance in books, I struggle with reading books completely centered around the romance of only 2 people, if that makes since?? I prefer romance as a subplot:D
You could make a video reading books you don't think you'll like
14:43 Promises and Pomegranates was an okayish book. I rated it a 3.5/5 stars. I did not read the prequel and found out within the book that the MMC slept with the FMC mother. It definitely gave me an ick but I managed to push through because the mafia romance plot was pretty good in my opinion and the spice was okay. it’s a hit or miss.
I don’t know if I would categorize this into dark romance but it’s definitely spicy. the Damned Magic and Divine Fates: Queen of the Damned series is so good. It’s a paranormal reverse harem romance and does have some dark things happen/ violence. Based on Lucifer’s Daughter and the 4 horsemen 👌👌
🤣🤣🤣 me when you said Hooked is a good start in a dark romance, i'm like whahaha set your shelf for the first page alone, you'll come back to that🤪
the first page caught me so off guard hahah
I have been trying to find audiobooks,but I am just out of luck.Where do you get yours?😅😂
I always check Libby first (it's a app that connects with your library), but if they don't have the book I'm looking for, then audible or spotify!
I dont looove spice but if it’s here and there with characters I adore then it’s fine! But I don’t like when there’s too much
Also I get so excited when I see you post ur vids are always so fun
I AM SO EARLY IN ALI'S VID?! HELLO?!
what is your fav movie ?
I read Promises and pomegranates and I really did not like it, the characters were too shalow and there was too much smut (I love spice in books but this was too much). And the story itself just was not interesting to me. The plot was basically smut and some weird mafia things that I did not even understand.
Maybe someone would disagree.
Ahhhh sorry you didn't like Hooked!!
13:40 - *damon salvatore leaves the chat* 😂😬
One of the reasons I prefer dark romance to normal romance is because the plot is usually better in dark romance. In normal romance, 9 times out of 10 the only plot is the relationship. In dark romance there is usually an external plot as well as following the relationship and I enjoy that way more. When the only plot is the romantic relationship I get bored.
Let‘s just say: I do love open door romances but only when I expect them. In cases like e.g. "Icebreaker" (which I loved) I did not expect any spice so when it happened it kind of caught me off guard. When the blurb and the cover promise sweet, cozy, soft romance then I want exactly that (especially when it comes to listening to audiobooks without headphones). Nevertheless, I am a big fan of open door romances and dark romances.
I hated promises and pomegranates!!! Don't read it! Save yourself 😂
Both are dark and morally gray… the never king series by Nikki St Crowe….
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I can't say I read dark romance novels because I'm afraid of people's reactions. I'm just reading, honey, there's no mafia around me and I'm fine. I also like to read Hamingway afshdhshajsj 😂
dark romances always have me questioning my morals lol and i'm not mad at it
i don’t consider brutal prince a dark romance, it’s mafia but is not that dark but i enjoyed it, it was funny + i didn’t read haunting adeline and i won’t bc from what i read on tiktok the mmc r*pes the fmc so it’s a no