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Dark Academia

Ruinous Ends (The Souls of Blackwood Academy)

Amazon Bestseller · #27 in Teen & Young Adult Paranormal & Urban Fantasy
I. V. Marie

Book 2 in the The Souls of Blackwood Academy series · Reading order →

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Why we recommend it

A dark academia saga where a cursed school hides secrets with real teeth, and a bond forms in the one place trust shouldn't exist. Tense, twisty, and unflinching.

At a glance

Ruinous Ends is a dark academia romance by I. V. Marie. With 2/5 for spice and 4/5 for darkness it sits mid-range for dark academia romance (of the 191 dark academia romance books on Readark, 28% rate lower for darkness and almost none lower for spice). Its tropes include found family, slow burn and morally grey MC. It runs to 480 pages. 1 content warning is listed below, hidden until you tap.

Book details

Pages
480
Published
July 2026

Ruinous Ends spice level

Ruinous Ends is rated 2/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: brief and fade-out, meaning scenes begin on the page but stop short of explicit detail. Its darkness rating is 4/5: heavy, meaning sustained cruelty, trauma or non-consent central to the relationship. How we rate

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  • Death of a Loved One

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