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what is dark romance?

Dark Romance is a subcategory of the romance genre.
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Books labeled as "dark romance" deal with dark, heavy subject content that often require trigger warning lists.

Most of the material within the pages are not suitable for those under the age of 18.
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The main characters often have their morals skewed, a.k.a. "morally gray/pitch black." This means they'll attempt anything to get their happily ever afters. One way or another, they almost always do.

Although we'd love it if you craved the dark as much as we do,
do not read these books if you cannot handle the material.

real life red flags are dark romance green flags

Dark Romance is also an umbrella term for the type of tropes, or themes, it harbors. Popular tropes include:

any sane person would tell you to run from the characters you'd meet in these books... but being sane is so boring