Gothic fantasies wherein the MC is protected by a monster (may or may not contain romance).
created by aurelia
last updated August, 2026
Vicious
Victoria Schwab
The City of Brass
S.A. Chakraborty
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
N.K. Jemisin
Vespertine
Margaret Rogerson
The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux
The Witchstone
Henry H. Neff
Land of the Beautiful Dead
R. Lee Smith
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Twilight
Stephenie Meyer
The Haar
David Sodergren
The Library at Hellebore
Cassandra Khaw
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
John Wiswell
Where the Dark Stands Still
A.B. Poranek
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Laini Taylor
The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 1
Kore Yamazaki
A Soul to Keep
Opal Reyne
Soul Eater
Lily Mayne
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
Brom Brom
One Dark Window
Rachel Gillig
The Bear and the Nightingale
Katherine Arden
Written in Red (The Others, #1)
Anne Bishop
The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo
Love this trope 😅❤️ great list
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