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Books Like Queen of Rot and Pain

If you loved Queen of Rot and Pain by Liv Zander, these 12 books share its tropes (antihero / villain MC, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance, morally grey MC) and sit at a similar heat and darkness (it rates 3/5 for spice and 4/5 for darkness). Each pick says what it has in common, so you can choose before you buy.

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   1. Shadow Gods: Sins of Divinity, Book 1

   Blake Quinn

   Shares antihero / villain MC, slow burn, enemies to lovers; also Dark Paranormal (Vampire / Demon / Monster); spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   2. Shadows so Cruel: A Dark Fantasy Romance (Court of Ravens Book 2)

   Liv Zander

   Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Paranormal (Vampire / Demon / Monster); spice 3/5, darkness 4/5.

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   3. Heartless: Crossbreed Series, Book 9

   Dannika Dark

   Shares antihero / villain MC, slow burn, forbidden romance; also Dark Paranormal (Vampire / Demon / Monster); spice 3/5, darkness 4/5.

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   4. Her Soul to Take

   Harley Laroux

   Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Paranormal (Vampire / Demon / Monster); spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   5. Take Me to Hell: A Paranormal Demon Romance (Playing with Demons Book 1)

   Sakura Black

   Shares antihero / villain MC, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Paranormal (Vampire / Demon / Monster); spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   6. The Dark Fae: A Dark Paranormal Romance Enemies to Lovers (Dark Fae APOCALYPSE Book 1)

   Quinn BLACKBIRD

   Shares antihero / villain MC, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Paranormal (Vampire / Demon / Monster); spice 3/5, darkness 4/5.

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   7. The Coven

   Harper L. Woods

   Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Paranormal (Vampire / Demon / Monster); spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   8. Capturing Sin: A Paranormal Demon Romance (Playing with Demons Book 2)

   Sakura Black

   Shares antihero / villain MC, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Paranormal (Vampire / Demon / Monster); spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   9. Throne of Ash and Rose: The Complete Series

   Meg Xuemei X

   Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Paranormal (Vampire / Demon / Monster); spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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    10. KAAL: Kissing An Endless Lie: A Dark Paranormal Vampire Romance

    Raven Studios

    Shares antihero / villain MC, slow burn, forbidden romance; also Dark Paranormal (Vampire / Demon / Monster); spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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    11. One Dark Window

    Rachel Gillig

    Shares antihero / villain MC, slow burn, enemies to lovers; spice 3/5, darkness 4/5.

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    12. For the Hell of It: Razing Hell, Book 1

    Cate Corvin

    Shares antihero / villain MC, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Paranormal (Vampire / Demon / Monster); spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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Matches are calculated from Readark’s own tags: shared tropes (rarer ones count more), subgenre, and how close the spice and darkness ratings are. Books from the same series are left out — see the reading order instead. How we rate