Dark Academia
An Education in Malice
SpiceDarkness
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Why we recommend it
A candlelit campus where ambition curdles into obsession and rivalry slides toward something hungrier. Perfect for readers who crave sapphic dark academia steeped in gothic atmosphere, sharp intellect, and a slow-burning fixation that blurs the line between scholar and prey. Expect velvet menace, forbidden longing, and a heroine who learns that the cruelest lessons are the ones she wants to keep failing.
At a glance
An Education in Malice is a dark academia romance by S. T. Gibson. It rates 4/5 for spice and 4/5 for darkness, mid-range for dark academia romance: of the 191 dark academia romance books we rate, 28% score lower for darkness and 56% lower for spice. Tropes: slow burn, enemies to lovers and forbidden romance. 2 content warnings are listed below, hidden until you tap.
Book details
- Published
- February 2024
An Education in Malice spice level
An Education in Malice 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
An Education in Malice content warnings
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Content warnings (tap to reveal)
- Blood / Knife Play
- Graphic Violence
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