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The Whispering Dark

by Kelly Andrew

Come for the haunted campus and stay for Delaney refusing to shrink herself for anyone, living or dead. The romance is all nerves and shadows: careful, forbidden, and weirdly tender.

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  • Content warnings: Ableism, Parental abandonment, Child neglect, Alcohol use, Drug use, Child death, Blood, Gore, Injury detail, Murder, Kidnapping, Stalking, Drowning, Fire, Car accident / crash, Body horror, Death, Violence, Grief, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Dementia, Abandonment
Length400 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingMedium

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What the story promises

The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.

Romance promise

  • Reluctant allies to lovers
  • Male/female pairing (M/F)
  • Slow burn
  • Low
  • Closed door / fade to black
  • Book hangover
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  • Dark/tortured soul
  • Forbidden love
  • Tension / anticipation
  • Earned hope
  • Mysterious stranger
  • Only one who understands them
  • Longing glances
  • Perspective shift
  • Damaged survivor
  • Push and pull
  • Beautiful grief
  • Reluctant hero
  • Mutual pining
  • Power imbalance

Fantasy promise

  • Ya urban fantasy
  • Dark academia romance
  • Academy / campus
  • Urban fantasy
  • Ghosts
  • Secret society / club
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  • Academy / school
  • Spirits
  • Forced proximity
  • Other
  • Paranormal
  • Shadow beings / shadow fae
  • Multi-realm / dimension-hopping
  • Hurt/comfort
  • Gothic
  • Magic bond
  • Secret society
  • College romance

Reading experience

  • Dual POV
  • Medium
  • Dark
  • Atmospheric
  • Heavy
  • Outcast/loner
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  • Deaf / HoH
  • Mysterious
  • Survivor
  • Disabled MC
  • Lyrical
  • Bookworm/scholar
  • Muslim rep
  • Haunting
  • Suspenseful
  • Reluctant chosen one
  • Tense
  • Dreamy
  • Romantic
  • Brooding
  • Eerie
  • Melancholic
  • Forbidden knowledge
  • Slow descent into darkness
  • No one is safe
  • Fever dream energy
  • Morally complex

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Book details
Length
400 pages
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Language
English
Format
Book