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Enigma Book Review

My Rating: TBD
Spice Rating:
Audience: Dark Academia Romance
Length: 496 pages
Author: RuNyx
Series/Stand Alone: Stand Alone
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Release Date:  April 29, 2025

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Enigma Book Summary From Goodreads

Enigma, a twisted Hades and Persephone meets scorching dark academia romance—a tale of love and obsession between two rivals.

There are secrets she must uncover.

There are secrets he must keep.

Salem Salazar is fascinated with death. The black sheep of her scandal-ridden, wealthy family, she arrives at Mortimer University as a legacy on the hunt for answers about what happened to her perfect, older sister. There, she discovers that her sister is far from the only girl to have gone missing at Mortimer. Salem will do anything to discover what dark forces are killing Mortimer’s students…even if it means using herself as bait.

And Cazimir van der Waal has caught her scent. The mysterious artist and teaching assistant has a dark past, a hidden agenda, and a ravenous appetite for a beautiful, golden-eyed girl who seems determined to risk her life.

Where she is ice, he is fire. Where she is organization, he is chaos. Where she is precision, he is passion. Together they are explosive–their fates linked as secret societies and death stalk them both.

Enigma is a sensual, epic love story for those who also crave the frightful, the puzzling, the suspenseful, the dangerous and the dark.

Welcome to Mortimer.

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About the Book and Where to Buy Enigma

Enigma by RuNyx published April 29, 2025 is a standalone dark academia romance filled with steam, secrets, and suspense. The novel follows Salem Salazar as she investigates her sister’s death at Mortimer University, where her search for answers collides with the enigmatic Cazimir van der Waal.

You can purchase this book on amazon, or at major retailers like BAM and B&N. It’s available on Kindle Unlimited. There’s a hardback version available and it’s available on Audible. The paperback version is set to be released on March 6, 2026.

Tropes

  • Dark academia romance
  • Steamy suspense
  • Rivals to lovers
  • Secret societies
  • Forbidden love
  • Dark Academia

Special Editions

OwlCrate’s Limited Edition
FairyLoot Edition
Bookish Edition

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My Thoughts on Enigma

This book is on my TBR. I’ll update this post once I read it.

Stay in Touch with the Author

Visit RuNyx’s website.

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