The Darkest Art

Name: The Darkest Art
Author: Karina Halle

Genre: Romance Fantasy Adult Mystery Dark

118 pages

A necromancy student resurrects the professor who broke her heart to solve his murder—and discovers the conspiracy runs deeper than either of them knew. The Darkest Art is a dark academia gothic romantasy by the NYT bestselling author of Bonetide, for fans of Ninth House and Gothikana.

At Collegia Mortis, a prestigious university for necromancers, Professor Bastian Vale holds his students to impossible standards and keeps every one of them at a distance.
Every one except Saturna Greythorn.
She’s spent weeks catching glimpses of someone else behind that cold exterior, someone who watches her when he thinks she won’t notice, finding excuses to keep her after class.
Eventually the tension between them becomes too powerful to ignore.
Flames ignite. Hearts get crushed.
And what starts with fire ends in blood.
She finds Baz’s body, brutally murdered.
So she does the one thing that could expose what she really is—she brings her professor back.
Now Baz is bound to her, his life tethered to hers by a bond that could fail at any moment, his memories in pieces, and his killer still walking the halls. Finding the truth means staying close.
Dangerously close.
But the deeper they dig, the more she realizes his murder was only the beginning.
And someone at the Mortis will kill again to keep those secrets buried.

The Darkest Art Tropes:

Forced Proximity
Only One Bed
Professor/Student
Grumpy/Sunshine
Hidden Identity
Hurt/Comfort
Murder Mystery
Found Family
Secret Society
ADHD Rep
Eldest Daughter
Soft only for her
Just a little Cosmic Horror

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