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An Arcane Inheritance

by Kamilah Cole

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy·spoiler

Why Read This?

A cathartic, justice-driven climax that exposes institutional rot and delivers hard-won satisfaction.

Synopsis

A modern-day dark academia fantasy with a twist, perfect for fans of Babel and A Deadly Education . Warren University has stood amongst the ivy elite for centuries, built on the bones―and forbidden magic―of its most prized BIPOC students…hiding the rot of a secret society that will do anything to keep their own powers burning bright. No matter who they must sacrifice along the way. Ellory Morgan is determined to prove that she belongs at Warren University, an ivy league school whose history is deeply linked to occult rumors and dark secrets. But as she settles into her Freshman year, something about the ornate buildings and shadowy paths feels strangely…familiar. And, with every passing day, that sense of déjà vu grows increasingly sinister. Despite all logic, despite all reason, despite all the rules of reality, Ellory knows one thing to be true: she has been here before. And if she can't convince brooding legacy student Hudson Graves to help her remember a past that seems determined to slip through her fingers as if by some insidious magic…this time, she may lose herself for good.

At a Glance

3.63 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

forced proximityblood feud romancegames/trials romance

Mood

darkmysteriousintenseatmosphericbrooding

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.63 ★

Page Count

432 pages

Published

2025

Primary Genre

Romantasy

Pairing

M/F

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Unknown Narrator

Narrator Count

Single

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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Spice Details 🌶️

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deathmurdersystemic violencetraumaviolencecaptivitycolonialismgaslightinggriefracism/bigotrywar

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