Laments of Angels & Dark Chemistry Books in Order

Laments of Angels & Dark Chemistry is a YA-leaning fantasy series with romance, royal intrigue, and a heavy dose of mythic creatures. It follows Lucienne Lam as she gets pulled into a world where sirens are real, power has a price, and the wrong song can change everything.

Lucienne isn’t handed an easy origin story. Her life is shaped by secrets, near-death moments, and the unsettling feeling that her mind and her magic don’t always move in the same direction. She’s trying to stay grounded while everything around her keeps insisting she was made for something bigger.

Everything sharpens when she becomes tangled up with Prince Vladimir and Ashburn. The relationships aren’t simple, and they aren’t safe, because both men carry their own history and their own reasons for wanting Lucienne close. At times, love looks like protection. At other times, it looks like a threat.

War is never far away.

The wider story brings in factions like the Sealers, a rising Nation of Sphinxes, and armies gathering with weapons that can tip the balance of the world. Lucienne’s abilities, and her connection to powerful forces, make her both a target and a key, which means she rarely gets to make a choice without someone trying to take it from her.

Across the books, the plot leans into prophecy, artifacts, and time-bending magic, with danger coming from both monsters and people who think they’re doing the right thing. Political maneuvering, shifting alliances, and sacrifice all play a role, and the emotional stakes build around loyalty, grief, and what it means to keep choosing love when the world keeps trying to tear it apart.

The series has a moody, sometimes surreal edge, with moments that lean into questions of sanity, identity, and control. It’s also very much a read-in-order story, because the character arcs and the world’s mysteries build book to book.

Start with The Siren, then continue to The Prince and The Red Queen to follow Lucienne’s arc as her power grows and the political and supernatural stakes keep escalating.