The dark romance genre deals with “darker concepts of past trauma, the concerns about feeling like you’re unlovable or alone ...

If your teen is reading popular booktok "dark romance" novels, don't panic. Here's what parents should know about this ...

When Brynne Weaver first released her novel Butcher & Blackbird, she was on a fact finding mission in the self-publishing world. The author had started with fantasy, then moved into paranormal, and ...

Romance books bring to mind an image of a pastel cover with two people’s soft silhouettes and slight hints at the plot of that particular love story. The cover of a dark romance book, however, tends ...

CONTENT WARNING: The article and sources below contain references to items of a sexual nature. Reader discretion is advised. Booktok —the reading community on the social media app TikTok— has shaped ...

Maîtresse de conférences en SIC, sémiolinguiste spécialiste de la réception de publics populaires, Laboratoire ELLIADD, Université Marie et Louis Pasteur (UMLP) A literary subgenre that emerged in the ...

Romance books are the most popular genre in the publishing world, and for good reason. Love stories appeal to everyone, from teenagers to great-grandparents, and romance novels offer escape with the ...

When 27-year-old BookTok creator Sat posted a TikTok criticizing a dark romance book for what she called “romanticizing” the Ku Klux Klan, she thought the video would spark a conversation about racism ...