Dark Academia
The Pledge: A Dark Academia MMF Romance (The Helio Society)
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Why we recommend it
A dark academia MMF romance where a secret society's pledge demands loyalty before it offers devotion. Tense, morally shaded, and unapologetically intense.
At a glance
The Pledge is a dark academia romance by Ava Tenney. 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: forbidden romance, morally grey MC and possessive-obsessive MC. It runs to 344 pages. We have not tagged its content warnings yet, so check the author’s notes before you start.
Book details
- Pages
- 344
- Published
- March 2026
The Pledge spice level
The Pledge 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
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