I Planned 5 Books for My Fall TBR 2025 and Got 7 Gothic Romances Instead
I told myself I’d only pick five books for my Fall TBR 2025. Now I’ve got seven gothic and fantasy romances, full of dark academia, vampires, and dangerous love.
Obsessive love. Haunted girl autumn. Monster boyfriends. This is your dark academia, goth-lit, morally gray, genre-bending rabbit hole, where gothic books go feral. KU recs, witchy reads, cursed mansions, and the history behind your favorite tragic tropes.
Not sure where to start? Check out our list of our favorite gothic romance books or more on what is gothic romance.
I told myself I’d only pick five books for my Fall TBR 2025. Now I’ve got seven gothic and fantasy romances, full of dark academia, vampires, and dangerous love.
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