Dark Academia
Princess Ballot: A Dark College Romance (Royals of Arbon Academy)
Book 1 in the Royals of Arbon Academy series · Reading order →
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Why we recommend it
A dark college romance where a royal ballot decides more than power — it decides who she belongs to. Sharp, morally shaded, and unapologetically transgressive.
At a glance
Princess Ballot is book 1 in Tate James’s Royals of Arbon Academy series. With 4/5 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 56% lower for spice). Its tropes include forced marriage, morally grey MC and possessive-obsessive MC. It is darker than Tate James’s other books on Readark (average darkness 3.5/5). It runs to 292 pages. We have not tagged its content warnings yet, so check the author’s notes before you start.
Book details
- Pages
- 292
- Published
- December 2019
Princess Ballot spice level
Princess Ballot is rated 4/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: explicit and frequent, meaning multiple detailed scenes, with heat central to the story. Its darkness rating is 4/5: heavy, meaning sustained cruelty, trauma or non-consent central to the relationship. How we rate
Princess Ballot content warnings
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