Kiss Me Like I Didn't Kill You: A Dark Enemies to Lovers Academia Romance

by S.B. Lennox

Ophelia

I shouldn’t have gone to that party.

Every instinct I had warned me not to, but I ignored it, and the cost was more than memory could bear.

The next morning, I woke covered in blood, bruised, and with no recollection of what had happened.

Now, back at St. Monarché, the Ferrum Syndicate has arrived.

And one of them, the one with midnight blue eyes, filled with too many emotions to make sense of—watches me as if I’m both his downfall and his obsession.

He loathes me. I can see it in every glance, and every breath.

But beneath that hatred lies something neither of us dares to name.

My mind may have forgotten him… but my body never did.

Arlo

Ophelia Bellanti.

The woman who destroyed my world, and doesn’t even remember doing it.

I came to make her pay.

To break her the way she broke me.

But she looks at me like I'm a stranger.

I can’t decide what’s worse, that she forgot… or that I never can.

Genres: Dark Romance

419 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 10, 2025

Reviews

[Chronic Chihuahua · Rating 1 out of 5]

Doesn't Matter That He Didn't Touch Zara, He Still Emotionally And Socially Cheated On Her

Daw the Daddy Dick Mea think it doesn't matter if he didn't slip inside his vagina meat.

But it matters that he used two women against one another and only gave a fuck when he learnt his brother tried to rape her.

He did not go through any suffering for what he put her through, sure the book tells us he has a twinge of a shitty emotion or two but thats not suffering.

He needs to suffer long term for what he did.

[Corazón · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my favourite Authors wrote a master piece again and I love it.

[Tarela♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish we had clarity earlier in the book rather than later. what's the point of 2 POVs when we don't even have a clue of what's going on.

and the dialogue why we're they speaking like it's the 1830s?

[N · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐️

[Emmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow

Ophelia lives a complicated life, made even more so when she wakes up injured and covered in blood with two years of memories gone. Then sons of a rival syndicate show up at her university.
Arlo transferred to St Monarche for one reason, to get revenge on the girl he once loved. No matter she doesn't seem to remember him or what she's done.

I was so pulled in with all the complicated relationships and completely surprised by what Ophelia's memories revealed. I'm gonna need a book for each of the friends too, because I NEED to know what's going on.

[Ala Bitca · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Kiss Me Like I Didn’t Kill You”
Shook me far more than I expected.
The tension, pain, and magnetic pull between Ophelia and Arlo are so strong that I honestly couldn’t put the book down.
The dark academia atmosphere feels heavy, haunting, and completely addictive.
I was blown away by how their pasts haunt them, how hard they fight their feelings, and how every moment between them feels like it’s about to ignite.
It’s the kind of book that stays with you long after you finish it.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[amari yskaela · Rating 3 out of 5]

It had a promising start but I expected much more from the conflict than just one rooting from a misunderstanding and then the twin revelation. For a mafia universe, theirs barely felt like one aside from the excessive display of wealth and power. Maybe it was the crime and darkness that was missing? I'm not really sure. Every threat remained just that and nothing else really happened.

It was nice that Arlo acknowledged what led him to do things the way he did, but for someone who seems to know everything and be in control every time that was just plain stupid, reckless even. Then again, of course he is because he's in love...like a high schooler. Speaking of, it somehow shocked me that he was having his master's in the institution. I really thought they are of the same age until it was mentioned otherwise in passing.

Their chemistry was so good, it was a shame that their past wasn't explored as detailed—the mundane things they did back then, the knitted hat, the "midnight eyes" that she lost every right to use. It left me wondering what their dynamic was before he hated her.

Overall, it's a good story, though not as "Dark Enemies to Lovers" as it claims. She didn't even hate him enough until the end was nearing. With that, I agree with the guy, Ophelia is just too good for this world.

[Nessa]

THIS WAS JUVENILE.
It's trying so hard to be a bully romance but the characters were all over the place, unable to make up their mind if they want to be good or bad.
Frankly, the whole reason why the MMC acted that way towards the heroine was UNJUSTIFIED. There were loop holes in their relationship or connection apart from sex - zero trust. The whole reason why they fell apart was because they didn't communicate.

Also, I got tired waiting for the other shoe to drop. The first 3/4 of the book was just the heroine going through her mundane life while playing push-and-pull with Arlo.

The writing tone was very immature.

[Caffeinated Chapters · Rating 4 out of 5]

🥀 Dark Academia
🖤 Elite college setting
🥀 He stalks her
🖤Diabetes rep
🥀 Enemies x Lovers
🖤 Amnesia
🥀 Posessive MMC

Arlo transferred to St Monarche for one reason…..revenge. Ophelia wakes up after a party covered In blood and injured and cannot remember the last 2 years of her life.

‘’I can’t keep away from you. You invade my head, my heart, my blood, my whole being, without permission.’’

Final verdict: 4/5⭐️ 3/5 🌶️

[Destini Fredrickson · Rating 5 out of 5]

AMAZING

Loved loved loved. I usually have a hard time reading series but i so wanted the next book in this one. Can’t wait! Gonna go read the authors back catalog now.