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Lucia Franco keeps the lines strict and the stakes high. Balance is dark academy with a forbidden romance at the centre, set in a world where discipline rules everything. Strict and shadowed, explicit when the rules slip. One misstep costs a great deal. So does one look held too long. If forbidden wanting under pressure is your thing, read this one next.

The read-alikes below share that weather: Dark academy romance, Forbidden romance. Spice on Balance is 4 of 5. Darkness is 3 of 5. Picks are scored on shared tropes, spice, darkness and trigger warnings, with no more than two from any one author. Each reason is ours, not a copied review.

  1. Also by Lucia Franco, if it was the voice that hooked you. Shares the forbidden thread. The same spice (4 of 5) and the same darkness (3 of 5). Similar warnings, including cheating.

  2. Same lanes: academy and forbidden. The same spice (4 of 5) and the same darkness (3 of 5). Similar warnings, including bullying.

  3. Overlaps on academy and forbidden. The same spice (4 of 5) and darker (4 of 5). Similar warnings, including bullying.

  4. Shares the forbidden thread. The same spice (4 of 5) and the same darkness (3 of 5). Similar warnings, including bullying, cheating.

  5. Same lanes: academy and forbidden. The same spice (4 of 5) and darker (4 of 5).

  6. Overlaps on academy. The same spice (4 of 5) and the same darkness (3 of 5). Similar warnings, including bullying.

  7. Shares the academy thread. The same spice (4 of 5) and the same darkness (3 of 5). Similar warnings, including bullying.

  8. Same lanes: forbidden. The same spice (4 of 5) and the same darkness (3 of 5). Similar warnings, including cheating.

  9. Overlaps on academy. The same spice (4 of 5) and the same darkness (3 of 5). Similar warnings, including bullying.

  10. Shares the academy thread. The same spice (4 of 5) and the same darkness (3 of 5). Similar warnings, including bullying.

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What are books like Balance?

Readers who liked Balance usually stay in Dark academy romance, Forbidden romance. Each pick on this page has a short reason written here: the tropes and the spice and darkness scores they actually share.

Is there something like Balance with a masked man?

If the mask is the part you want, read Zade Masked on Patreon. He has his own book page, with warnings, the same way the novels do.

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