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Scarlett St. Clair · 4 recommendations
Dark Olympus
Neon GodsKatee Robert · 2022
Why it's a match
Neon Gods is like A Touch of Darkness because both are modern Hades and Persephone retellings, but where Scarlett St. Clair builds slow-burn tension and emotional complexity, Katee Robert turns the heat up dramatically with explicit content from much earlier in the story. Both are essential reads for anyone exploring the Hades-Persephone romance genre and want to see how different authors interpret the same myth. If A Touch of Darkness made you want more of the possessive-god-falls-for-mortal energy, Neon Gods is the spicier companion read.
A Court of Thorns and Roses
A Court of Thorns and RosesSarah J. Maas · 2015
Why it's a match
A Court of Thorns and Roses is like A Touch of Darkness because both center a mortal woman drawn into a forbidden romance with a powerful, possessive immortal from a world that was never meant to include her. Sarah J. Maas's fae courts and Scarlett St. Clair's Underworld both operate on the same emotional grammar — a dangerous love interest who reveals his vulnerabilities slowly and a heroine who refuses to be defined by the world she's been pulled into. Readers who loved A Touch of Darkness for its slow-burn mythology romance will find ACOTAR hits every same note in a fae setting.
Why it's a match
Electric Idol is like A Touch of Darkness because both are set in Scarlett St. Clair's Dark Olympus world, making Electric Idol the natural next read for anyone who loved A Touch of Darkness and wants to stay in the same mythology universe. Aphrodite and Psyche's story matches the explicit heat and possessive love interest of Hades and Persephone's book, with its own distinct enemies-to-lovers arc and sharp interpersonal tension. If you're looking for more books like A Touch of Darkness that deliver the same mythology retelling with comparable heat, Electric Idol is the obvious first choice.
Crowns of Nyaxia
The Serpent and the Wings of NightCarissa Broadbent · 2022
Why it's a match
The Serpent and the Wings of Night is like A Touch of Darkness because both pair a mortal woman with a possessive, dangerous immortal love interest in a dark fantasy world where the romance is entangled with genuine threat. Carissa Broadbent's vampire tournament fantasy delivers the same slow-burn tension and dark heat as Scarlett St. Clair's mythology retelling, just with a more action-heavy competition plot surrounding the romance. Readers who loved the mortal-meets-dangerous-immortal dynamic in A Touch of Darkness will find The Serpent and the Wings of Night delivers exactly that feeling.