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Bedtime? What Bedtime? Dasha Sogoloff's Romantasy Will Keep You Turning Pages Till Dawn
Parneet Gosal
March 07, 2025
🛑 Stop what you're doing to read this.
Dark academia meets unique magic in this explosive new romantasy about a young woman with a dead magical power, a family vendetta, and a childhood sweetheart who's returned with enough sex appeal to wake the gods.
For readers who grew up on Percy Jackson and Harry Potter (or who're watching the series with their kiddo, like yours truly), this new adult romantasy ramps up all the spice, action, and angst. It's. That. Good.
Dasha Sogoloff is the author of Vicious Flames. Dasha, if you're reading this - I love your book but hate that you're 24 years old.
I mean, what were YOU doing at 24? I was still trying to figure out how to cook pasta without setting off the smoke alarm. Meanwhile, Dasha's over here crafting magical worlds that make me want to call in sick to work. (Note to my team: I would never. Unless Dasha's next book drops; then all bets are off.)
My dream is for Theo to be the place where readers discover tomorrow's bestselling authors today. And that's not just some fancy mission statement we slapped together after too many glasses of wine. It's the entire reason we exist.
With Dasha's Vicious Flames, I believe we're witnessing exactly that kind of rising star.
With love,
Parneet (Co-founder, Theo Reads)
P.S. Drop into our Discord - I need people to scream with about that Chapter 3 scene in Vicious Flames. You'll know the one.
 Theo Exclusive | Vicious Flames By Dasha Sogoloff (🌶️🌶️🌶️ New Adult, Dark Romance, Romantasy) After developing a lethal magical gift, Valeria knows she’ll be a target if her secret gets out. Attending a prestigious magical college, she faces endless danger and intrigue. Knox, her vengeful enemy, stalks her, gearing to attack. Shaw, her seductive rival, threatens to unravel her world. With dubious allies as her shield and a hidden power as her sword, Valeria must navigate a treacherous path. She learns that survival demands more than power; it demands allies, luck, and unyielding resolve. |
 Theo Exclusive | Side Character Syndrome, Chapter 1 By Pumpkin (🌶️ New Adult, Romantasy, Gay) It's the classic transmigration setting: after reading a historical webnovel, Kevin Guan gets transmigrated into a world of magic and sorcery in ancient China as a useless side character. It's fine. The situation isn't even as dire as the stories he read. He knew the basic plot, he didn't even get a terrible death end. He can make it out alive if he can solve his one problem: he can't speak Chinese. Forget navigating the plot! How will he even navigate to the bathroom? (To be continued) |
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 Theo Exclusive | The Prince’s Boy By Cecilia Tan (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Forbidden Love, Bondage, Non Consensual, Romantasy, Gay) In a fantasy world where the lust of male for male fuels Night Magic, Prince Kenet lives a sheltered life. Isolated from the war that threatens the kingdom, he and his whipping boy Jorin are of age, but still sneak forbidden pleasures in their bed at night. When a dark mage tries to bespell Kenet into sexual submission, the prince and his boy are thrust into the world of intrigue, sex, and war. |
 | Wishbone (Complete Series) By Lauren P. Burka (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Aliens and Monsters, BDSM, Blood Play, Fisting, LGBTQ+ Gay) In a grimy alley, young Wishbone encounters an enigmatic shih-aan who offers him a night’s work for forty crescents. Despite the rumors about his kind, Wishbone accepts, drawn by both money and fascination. Whisked away to a lavish house, Wishbone is bathed and fed, then presented to the shih-aan, who calls himself Sir. As the night unfolds, Wishbone navigates the uncertain waters of his mysterious client's desires and the dark allure of the shih-aans world. (Read Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; to be continued) |
 | Written in Water, Heir to the Firstborn Series (Book 1) By Elizabeth Schechter (🌶️🌶️ New Adult, Love at First Sight, Romantasy, Bisexual/Gay) Aven is the Waterborn, one of the five chosen by the Mother Goddess to rule the world. But first, he has to survive. |
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