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First year, first mistake. Sophie Lark sets The Freshman in a dark academy where the mafia's children learn more than lectures. Mafia romance and campus rivalry share the same corridors. Pitch-black tone, explicit scenes. Lark writes sleek, dangerous heirs and smart heroines who fight back. If campus crime families sound like fun, enrol here and read the warnings.

The read-alikes below share that weather: Mafia dark romance, Dark academy romance. Spice on The Freshman is 4 of 5. Darkness is 4 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. Shares the mafia thread. The same spice (4 of 5) and the same darkness (4 of 5). Similar warnings, including crime, murder.

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

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

  4. Shares the academy and mafia thread. The same spice (4 of 5) and the same darkness (4 of 5). Similar warnings, including murder.

  5. Same lanes: academy and mafia. The same spice (4 of 5) and the same darkness (4 of 5).

  6. Overlaps on academy and mafia. A little less heat (3 of 5) and the same darkness (4 of 5). Similar warnings, including crime.

  7. Shares the mafia thread. The same spice (4 of 5) and the same darkness (4 of 5). Similar warnings, including murder, organised crime.

  8. Same lanes: mafia. The same spice (4 of 5) and the same darkness (4 of 5). Similar warnings, including crime, organised crime.

  9. Overlaps on mafia. The same spice (4 of 5) and the same darkness (4 of 5). Similar warnings, including murder, organised crime.

  10. Also by Sophie Lark, if it was the voice that hooked you. Shares the mafia thread. The same spice (4 of 5) and the same darkness (4 of 5). Similar warnings, including murder, organised crime.

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What are books like The Freshman?

Readers who liked The Freshman usually stay in Mafia dark romance, Dark academy 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 The Freshman 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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