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What is Dark Academia, you ask? The truth is, nobody seems to have an exact answer. Some describe it as an aesthetic, like images of students wearing tweed blazers during fall, reading classical literature, and using a typewriter. Another description suggests that it’s a book that features an academic setting, like a college or boarding school, and usually features some kind of a dark twist. Hence, dark academia. Whatever aspects you tie to the culture, we have the perfect list for you.

A girl and a god, alone in communion ...

In the winding underground tunnels of the Library, the great peacekeeper of the three systems, a heinous secret lies buried -- and Freida is the only one who can uncover it. As the daughter of a Library god, Freida has spent her whole life exploring the Library's ever-changing tunnels and communing with the gods. Her unparalleled access makes her unique -- and dangerous.

With the world at the brink of war, Freida embarks on a journey to fulfill her destiny, one that pits her against an ancient war god. Her mission is straightforward: Destroy the god before he can rain hellfire upon thousands of innocent lives -- if he doesn't destroy her first. Start Reading THE LIBRARY OF BROKEN WORLDS! 

In SHADOW COVEN, The Haunting Season has ended, but dark magic lingers in the shadows. Iris is set to become a Reaper, tasked with banishing souls who refuse to cross over. Logan still hears the howling Wolves and realizes that the Haunting Season may have awakened more than just her magic. Thalia finds herself heading to a place she swore she’d never go again: home. Meanwhile, Jailah is focused on her internship with the Haelsford Witchery Council – until she discovers a treacherous magic hidden beneath Mesmortes. Separated by distance, the coven is surrounded by magical and mundane threats that must be defeated before they lose their witchery--and each other--forever...

Delaney Meyers-Petrov is tired of being seen as fragile just because she's Deaf. So when she's accepted into a prestigious program at Godbole University that trains students to slip between parallel worlds, she's excited for the chance to prove herself. But her semester gets off to a rocky start as she faces professors who won't accommodate her disability, and a pretentious upperclassman fascinated by Delaney's unusual talents. 

Delaney wants to keep her distance from Colton -- she seems to be the only person on campus who finds him more arrogant than charming -- yet after a Godbole student turns up dead, she and Colton are forced to form a tenuous alliance, plummeting down a rabbit-hole of deeply buried university secrets. Start reading THE WHISPERING DARK!

Mars has always been the lesser twin, the shadow to his sister Caroline's radiance. But when Caroline dies under horrific circumstances, Mars is propelled to learn all he can about his once-inseparable sister who'd grown tragically distant.

Mars's genderfluidity means he's often excluded from the traditions -- and expectations -- of his politically-connected family. This includes attendance at the prestigious Aspen Conservancy Summer Academy where his sister poured so much of her time. But with his grief still fresh, he insists on attending in her place.

What Mars finds is a bucolic fairytale not meant for him. Mars seeks out his sister's old friends: a group of girls dubbed the Honeys, named for the beehives they maintain behind their cabin. They are beautiful and terrifying -- and Mars is certain they're connected to Caroline's death.

But the longer he stays at Aspen, the more the sweet mountain breezes give way to hints of decay. Mars’s memories begin to falter, bleached beneath the relentless summer sun. Something is hunting him in broad daylight, toying with his mind. If Mars can't find it soon, it will eat him alive. START READING!

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Reading slump

I've been in such a miserable reading slump for MONTHS and I'm so desperate to read and love reading again. The slump started as my health got worse and it's just continuing and getting worse. Anyone have any ideas for how to help me out of my slump? Or any book recommendations? I love fantasy and things like that but don't fancy reading books that have romance / sex etc in. The last book I read was 'The witchery' by S.Isabelle and I really loved it, it's a fiction book about withes and I can't think of how else to describe it but I really enjoyed it and would highly recommend it! I've set a reading goal for the year of 60 books because I really enjoy having a goal in mind but it was really strange because I'm used to reading like 200 books in a year and it's just another part of my life that has been taken from me since I got way more ill. I'm on bedrest and just constantly suffering (sounds very dramatic i know!) I have some good times but the symptoms are still always there and it's been difficult trying to adjust to that. At this point I'm feeling like I'll never get out of this major slump and that I'll never love reading again and I hate it so much :( I've gone a bit off topic so sorry about that but let me know if you have any book recommendations or ideas to help me get out of this slump please!