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Immortal Dark Trilogy #1
Immortal Dark
The Cruel Prince meets Ninth House in this dangerously romantic dark academia fantasy, where a lost heiress must infiltrate an arcane society and live with the vampire she suspects killed her family and kidnapped her sister.
It began long before my time, but something has always hunted our family.
Orphaned heiress Kidan Adane grew up far from the arcane society she was born into, where human bloodlines gain power through vampire companionship. When her sister, June, disappears, Kidan is convinced a vampire stole her—the very vampire bound to their family, the cruel yet captivating Susenyos Sagad.
To find June, Kidan must infiltrate the elite Uxlay University—where students study to ensure peaceful coexistence between humans and vampires and inherit their family legacies. Kidan must survive living with Susenyos—even as he does everything he can to drive her away. It doesn’t matter that Susenyos’s wickedness speaks to Kidan’s own violent nature and tempts her to surrender to a life of darkness. She must find her sister and kill Susenyos at all costs.
When a murder mirroring June’s disappearance shakes Uxlay, Kidan sinks further into the ruthless underworld of vampires, risking her very soul. There she discovers a centuries-old threat—and June could be at the center of it. To save her sister, Kidan must bring Uxlay to its knees and either break free from the horrors of her own actions or embrace the dark entanglements of love—and the blood it requires.
It began long before my time, but something has always hunted our family.
Orphaned heiress Kidan Adane grew up far from the arcane society she was born into, where human bloodlines gain power through vampire companionship. When her sister, June, disappears, Kidan is convinced a vampire stole her—the very vampire bound to their family, the cruel yet captivating Susenyos Sagad.
To find June, Kidan must infiltrate the elite Uxlay University—where students study to ensure peaceful coexistence between humans and vampires and inherit their family legacies. Kidan must survive living with Susenyos—even as he does everything he can to drive her away. It doesn’t matter that Susenyos’s wickedness speaks to Kidan’s own violent nature and tempts her to surrender to a life of darkness. She must find her sister and kill Susenyos at all costs.
When a murder mirroring June’s disappearance shakes Uxlay, Kidan sinks further into the ruthless underworld of vampires, risking her very soul. There she discovers a centuries-old threat—and June could be at the center of it. To save her sister, Kidan must bring Uxlay to its knees and either break free from the horrors of her own actions or embrace the dark entanglements of love—and the blood it requires.
432 pages, Kindle Edition
Expected publication September 3, 2024
About the author
Tigest Girma
1 book194 followersTigest Girma is an Ethiopian writer based in Melbourne, Australia. After graduating with a Bachelor of Education, she splits her time between writing and teaching. Passionate about exploring East African characters and myths, her work weaves Black stories with the dark and fantastical. In her free time, she can be found rewatching her comfort shows where the villain gets the girl.
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February 8, 2024
Entirely irresistible. Immortal Dark takes the best parts of vampire lore and brings the undying, violent enmity to full throttle. Tigest Girma pushes morally gray fantasy exactly where it needs to go, and you won’t be able to look away.
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January 7, 2024Black vampires with a dark academia setting? Sold!!!
Shelved as 'wishlist'
January 3, 2024I WANT THE BLACK VAMPIRE PRECIOUS
March 13, 2024
Yall are soooo not ready for Kidan Adane and Susenyos Sagad!!!!!! The morally gray, hot, complicated, enemies-to-reluctant-allies-to-lovers-who-still-want-to-kill-each-other couple of my dreams. They are so Jude and Cardan-coded but so much worse (and by worse I mean better). I regret getting a copy of this early because it pains me that a sequel is not ready for me NOW.
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January 17, 2024Vampire, dark academia mystery????
February 21, 2024
bloody, yearning, dark academia, gruesome, sexy, angst
loved it
loved it
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December 1, 2023- Black vampires
- elite secret university
- enemies? with benefits
- villain found family
- stressed college students
- arcane philosophy
- a haunted campus
- corruption arcs
"It’s a story about seeing the worst parts of someone first and still loving them, to glimpse the monster before the human."
Dark academia fantasy about a 19-year-old heiress to a fallen legacy, who must infiltrate the society of vampires she fled as a child to find her kidnapped sister and share a house with the alluring vampire she suspects killed her family
- elite secret university
- enemies? with benefits
- villain found family
- stressed college students
- arcane philosophy
- a haunted campus
- corruption arcs
"It’s a story about seeing the worst parts of someone first and still loving them, to glimpse the monster before the human."
Dark academia fantasy about a 19-year-old heiress to a fallen legacy, who must infiltrate the society of vampires she fled as a child to find her kidnapped sister and share a house with the alluring vampire she suspects killed her family
November 15, 2023
I try to use Goodreads as LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. (SHOUT OUT TO STORYGRAPH!) I work in the book industry and sometimes it's a necessary evil since most people don't know about other alternatives.
ANYYYYWHOOOOOO.... All that to say, I just HAD TO COMMENT ON THIS! BLACK VAMPIRES! FANTASY! ROMANCE! You own my life now. I'll spend every single waking moment, waiting for this book to be released. THANK YOU. We've needed this, for so long.
ANYYYYWHOOOOOO.... All that to say, I just HAD TO COMMENT ON THIS! BLACK VAMPIRES! FANTASY! ROMANCE! You own my life now. I'll spend every single waking moment, waiting for this book to be released. THANK YOU. We've needed this, for so long.
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January 15, 2024this book sounds like it has literally everything i could ever want. vampires from africa? secret societies? a missing sister? secret university? this sounds like the dark academia vampire of my dreams
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February 27, 2024Review to come closer to release date! but all I have to say is this was dark academia at its finest. Tigest Girma has delivered some truly unhinged and morally grey characters in this book and I loved every part of it.
*Note: I work for the publisher*
*Note: I work for the publisher*
April 6, 2024
Morally Gray, irresistible, and dark academia, mixed with the most interesting parts of vampire lore and some brilliant writing.
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June 26, 2023“Tigest Girma's debut IMMORTAL DARK, a dark academia fantasy about the 19-year-old heiress to a fallen legacy, who must infiltrate the society of vampires she fled as a child to find her kidnapped sister and share a house with the alluring vampire she suspects killed her family”
This old tweet from the author really sold me: “college dark academia with black vampires. they are awful & they don't give a shit and i love them” - I live for dark academia where they’re just bad people !!! And we love them anyway !!!
And it’s a trilogy, I need more DA series so badly
I am so so so excited for this one, everyone add it to your tbr’s !!!!
This old tweet from the author really sold me: “college dark academia with black vampires. they are awful & they don't give a shit and i love them” - I live for dark academia where they’re just bad people !!! And we love them anyway !!!
And it’s a trilogy, I need more DA series so badly
I am so so so excited for this one, everyone add it to your tbr’s !!!!
January 2, 2024
I haven’t read it yet but there are whispers on writertwt that Tigest is going to rule the world one day literally and literaturally (see what I did there 😉). Beautiful idea, beautiful pitch, beautiful writing. I can’t wait to sink my teeth into it!!!!!!
April 10, 2024
well that certainly was very entertaining! very much the vampire diaries x ninth house. also super cool how the lore around Black vampires was built within the story. more thoughts to come after release
February 24, 2024
4.5 stars!!! I can’t wait for everyone to fall in love with this book. These characters?? 🥹
December 15, 2023
Immortal Dark is deliciously devious. This story sunk its teeth into me on the very first page and refused to let go. Never have I rooted for morally gray characters more, and I cannot wait to see where Girma takes us next.
December 9, 2023
I will never recover. Full stop
December 15, 2023
I JUST READ THE OPENING LINE AND IM HOOKED ALREADY ASIFHEKSKDKFIRWLD
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January 15, 2024oh, a dozen *chef's kisses*! this cover is everything
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February 17, 2024Edit: 2/17/24
I just watched a tiktok of the Author unboxing her ARC's and the pure joy on her face seeing her hard work come to life just made me want to read it.
Can't wait for this one.
I just watched a tiktok of the Author unboxing her ARC's and the pure joy on her face seeing her hard work come to life just made me want to read it.
Can't wait for this one.
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February 26, 2024had me at vampires and dark academia - hopefully is sexy and bloody lol
March 14, 2024
PHENOMENAL
October 14, 2023
So excited for 2024! Dark academia is my jam
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