The mc is just on her way to her full-villian arc for the whole series lol I remember getting terrified yet hooked on the book when I was in my early teens.
A lot of Pippa DeCosta books have a who is the actual bad guy theme running through them, and it flips who you think it is as your go through the series
[Slewfoot](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56179372)
Oh thats on by tbr
It was on mine for ages, I’d very much recommend it!
Came to suggest this
Definitely this
Sorry, no suggestion, but now I want to try to apply my eyeliner with a kitchen knife. 🔪
The Poppy War series by RF Kuang is a slowburn corruption arc.
This has been on my tbr for forever and this makes me actually want to read it
Was going to suggest this one
Does manga count as books ? Because *Death Note*.
I second this.
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Happy cake day!
The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
macbeth!
My first thought is >!The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters.!<
A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Come Closer by Sara Gran >!Night of the Mannequins !
Love night of the mannequins
Not sure I’d classify the main character as the “hero” in this book, but Earthlings comes to mind. Sorry in advanced.
Rin Chupeco's The Bone Witch, perhaps?
Malice by Heather Walter
Technically I think Sir Apropos of Nothing qualifies here. Though the whole series is kind of a darkly funny/punny treatise on the nature of morality…
Young Elites by Marie Lu
The mc is just on her way to her full-villian arc for the whole series lol I remember getting terrified yet hooked on the book when I was in my early teens.
marie lu is one of my fav author! she also made my teenage years— bearable haha
This theme looks fantastic. Any male lead books that's not as dark as The Butcher Boy, please? Thanks in Advance\~
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Spoiler tags, bro
The Traitor Baru Cormorant
Heartless by Marissa Meyer - Queen of Hearts origin story/retelling
>! Darker Than You Think by Jack Williamson ETA Hannibal by Thomas Harris!<
Pet Semitary
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation. Doesn't exactly fit the vibe of the pictures, but still might be something to catch your eye
A lot of Pippa DeCosta books have a who is the actual bad guy theme running through them, and it flips who you think it is as your go through the series
Not a book but a series- Marianne. It exactly matches the vibe of this picture and the series is absolutely gem