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The Rise of Dark Erotica

I am going down the rabbit hole with this one, I going to discus the growing trend of dark erotica.

Firstly what is dark erotica?

Some definitions allude to mixing sexy elements with the horror genre, personally I think it can be a 'romance' that edgy and often pushes the reader's comfort zone. In my experience dark erotica often features damaged heroes and strong with the non-consensual/dubious consent element. This can take the form of originally kidnapping the heroine or being more forceful in the bedroom till the lines blurs and pushing the submissive partner out of their comfort zone but they ultimately gain pleasure from the act.