Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy
The Deans List
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Why we recommend it
A dark romance where making the dean's list means playing a much more dangerous game than academics. Sharp, tense, and unapologetically intense.
At a glance
The Deans List is a dark romantasy by Rachel Van Dyken. With 4/5 for spice and 3/5 for darkness it sits on the lighter side for dark romantasy (of the 648 dark romantasy books on Readark, almost none rate lower for darkness and 58% lower for spice). Its tropes include slow burn, enemies to lovers and morally grey MC. Of the 4 Rachel Van Dyken books we rate, it is the least dark. It runs to 224 pages. We have not tagged its content warnings yet, so check the author’s notes before you start.
Book details
- Pages
- 224
- Published
- June 2026
The Deans List spice level
The Deans List 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 3/5: genuinely dark, meaning violence, coercion or captivity drive the plot, not just the mood. How we rate
The Deans List content warnings
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