Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Never King | 2022 | Nikki St. Crowe | Buy |
| 2 | The Dark One | 2022 | Nikki St. Crowe | Buy |
| 3 | Their Vicious Darling | 2022 | Nikki St. Crowe | Buy |
| 4 | The Fae Princes | 2023 | Nikki St. Crowe | Buy |
The Vicious Lost Boys took Peter Pan and turned it into a dark romance phenomenon. The Never King (2022) reimagines Neverland as a place of danger and seduction, where the Lost Boys are centuries-old and the Darling girls are drawn to the island against their better judgment.
The Dark One, Their Vicious Darling, and The Fae Princes (2022-2023) completed the four-book series, which became one of the biggest dark romance hits on BookTok. St. Crowe’s retelling strips away childhood innocence and replaces it with possessive love, magical bonds, and the kind of morally gray characters that define the dark romance genre.