The Memory Thief's Apprentice: A dark Magical Academy Romantasy

The Remembrance Chronicles Book 1: A New Romantasy Series

By: R.F. Price

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

In a kingdom where memory is power and forgetting is treason, one woman’s forbidden magic could rewrite history… and her own heart.

Sera Blackwood woke up at twelve years old with no past and no name—just ink.

Living black tattoos coil over her skin, shifting when she dreams and burning when she lies. Now, ten years later, those same marks are her only clue to who she used to be—and why someone erased her memories in the first place.

To find the truth, Sera forges her way into the elite Remembrance Academy, where gifted mages harvest memories from the dying to preserve the kingdom’s history. On the surface, it’s an honor. In reality, it’s a weapon.

Because Sera’s magic doesn’t just preserve memories.

She can steal them.

When the Academy’s golden heir, Kael Ashford—prodigy, perfectionist, and insufferably arrogant—catches Sera using her illegal gift, he should turn her over to the Council to be erased. Instead, he makes her an offer: help him uncover who stole his memories… and why the official archives have been quietly rewritten.

Their uneasy alliance quickly becomes something far more dangerous. As they break into forbidden vaults and walk through the echoing minds of the dead, Sera and Kael unravel a conspiracy at the heart of the kingdom—one that links her living tattoos, his missing past, and a war that was wiped from history.

In halls lit by candlelight and storms crashing against glass domes, rivalry burns into slow-blooming desire. But in a world where the wrong memory can get you killed, trusting the wrong person can shatter more than your heart—it can burn a kingdom to the ground.

If memory is who you are, what’s left when the truth finally returns?

The Memory Thief’s Apprentice is the first book in The Remembrance Chronicles, a dark-academic romantasy perfect for fans of Fourth Wing, ACOTAR, and The Atlas Six who crave:

• Slow-burn enemies-to-lovers with sharp banter and real emotional stakes
• Forbidden magic and a morally gray heroine who can steal and rewrite memories
• A ruthless magical academy where failure means madness or erasure
• Dark-academia vibes—candlelit libraries, storm-lit towers, and secret vaults of glowing memories
• Political intrigue & conspiracy wrapped in swoony, high-stakes romance
• A brooding, brilliant heir who must choose between his powerful family and the girl who can destroy them

If you love fantasy romance with lush worldbuilding, dangerous secrets, and a love story built on truth, vulnerability, and the power of remembering everything—even the pain—then step into Averraine.

One stolen memory can change a life.
Hers might change the world.

Start reading The Memory Thief’s Apprentice today and decide for yourself:
What would you risk to remember?