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Books Like Quicksilver

If you loved Quicksilver by Callie Hart, these 12 books share its tropes (enemies to lovers, forbidden romance, forced proximity, morally grey MC) and sit at a similar heat and darkness (it rates 4/5 for spice and 3/5 for darkness). Each pick says what it has in common, so you can choose before you buy.

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   1. Alchemised

   SenLinYu

   Shares slow burn, forced proximity, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   2. The Wicked In Me: An addictive world awaits in this spicy fantasy romance . . .

   Suzanne Wright

   Shares slow burn, forced proximity, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 3/5.

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   3. The Wings That Bind: Bloodwing Academy, Book 3

   Briar Boleyn

   Shares slow burn, forced proximity, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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   4. The Serpent and the Wings of Night: Crowns of Nyaxia, Book 1

   Carissa Broadbent

   Shares slow burn, forced proximity, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   5. The Bond That Burns: Bloodwing Academy, Book 2

   Briar Boleyn

   Shares slow burn, forced proximity, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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   6. Bound By Flame: Book 1 of The Fatebound Trials series. A Why Choose Dark Academia Romantasy

   Tessa Harper

   Shares slow burn, forced proximity, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 3/5.

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   7. Neverthorn: Of Quirks and Curses, Book 1

   Shannon Mayer

   Shares slow burn, forced proximity, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   8. The Frost Witch

   Emberly Ash

   Shares slow burn, forced proximity, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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   9. Blood & Steel: The Legends of Thezmarr, Book 1

   Helen Scheuerer

   Shares slow burn, forced proximity, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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    10. A Dawn of Onyx (The Sacred Stones Book 1)

    Kate Golden

    Shares slow burn, forced proximity, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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    11. A Match Made in Hell: A Vampire Enemies-to-Lovers Romance (Bound to the Vampires Book 1)

    Traci Lovelot

    Shares slow burn, forced proximity, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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    12. Enchantra: A Spicy Fantasy Romance (Wicked Games, Book 2)

    Kaylie Smith

    Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 3/5.

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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