
Check out “Mad King” by Jovee Winters- you will know immediately if you love it or hate it but if you like it she’s got two (or three??) whole series of it In less polarizing hidden gem recs: the His Fair Assassin trilogy by Robin LaFevers, tho it leans a little historical at times Also not a “hidden” gem but I never see anyone talk abt Mercedes Lackey’s stuff as dark fantasy romance even though a nonzero amount of it is!! If you read her book “The Black Swan” you will know what I mean