The Darkness Within Us
#1 New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller Indie Bestseller Goodreads Choice Award Nominee
“A delicious fantasy full of tension, treachery, and highly addictive romance.” ―Stephanie Garber, # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Caraval
Chrysantha Stathos has won. By hiding her intelligence and ambition behind the mask of a beautiful air-headed girl, she has become a wealthy duchess. And, once her elderly husband dies, she will have all the freedom, money, and safety she’s ever wanted.
Or so she thought. A man claiming to be the estranged grandson of Chrysantha’s lecherous late husband has turned up to steal her inheritance. To make matters worse, her little sister is going to be queen and is rubbing it in her face.
Chrysantha decides that the only thing to do is upstage Alessandra at her own wedding. And as for this grandson, he has to go. Never mind that he’s extremely handsome and secretive with mysterious powers . . . No, Chrysantha wants Eryx Demos dead, and in the end, a Stathos girl always gets what she wants.
The Darkness Within Us is a wickedly delightful companion novel to Tricia Levenseller's The Shadows Between Us.
336 pages, 9 editions
English edition · First published 2024 by Macmillan Trade · ISBN 9781250840769
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Ratings and reviews
I 100% bought this thinking it was going to continue Alessandra and Kallis’ story. Clearly I did not read the blurb. I see pretty book, I buy pretty book. That said, I really didn’t like Chrysantha in the beginning AT ALL I thought she was a brat. There were instances of her being nice to people but it felt like it was always done with ulterior motives. Every action she did had ulterior motives . Eryx was surprising, I didn’t expect to like him but he grew on me and he was surprisingly sweet. I liked this one but I think Chrysantha made me like this one less than the first.
Editions
9 editions
English
- The Darkness Within Us · Macmillan Trade · 2024 · ISBN 9781250840769 · 2 readers This page
- The Darkness Within Us · Feiwel and Friends · 2024 · ISBN 9781250840776 · 2 readers
- Darkness Within Us · Pushkin Children's Books · 2025 · ISBN 9781805331698 · 1 reader
- The Darkness Within Us · Macmillan US · 2026 · ISBN 9781250840783
- The Darkness Within Us · Pushkin press · 2024 · ISBN 9781782694731
- The Darkness Within Us · Pushkin Press · 2024 · ISBN 9781782694281
- The Darkness Within Us · The Bookish Box · 2024 · ISBN 9781960854711
- The Darkness Within Us · Pushkin Children's Books · 2024 · ISBN 9781782694274
German
- The Darkness Within Us - Epische Fantasy Von Der US-Bestsellerautorin Und TikTok-Sensation - Mit Betörendem Farbschnitt in Limitierter Auflage · cbj · 2025 · ISBN 9783570167618
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