Unique recs, give me your holy grail reads that you still think about months later

Hi lovelies! DNF’d so many books the past few weeks 80% through as I realised i actually did not really care what was going to happen and was just reading to read. I’m after a dark, gritty, dynamic and interesting storyline that’ll hopefully have me unable to sleep with anticipation on what will happen next! 4/5 level spice is preferred but feel free to throw me anything you’ve loved!❤️ Really been struggling with the balance of world building/intrigue of an actual storyline with good romance in the books i’ve picked up lately🥲 doesn’t HAVE to be fantasy either, just fantastical elements you know? Some bits I’d be interested in specifically but not limited to (for further info I’m a teensie bit over the regular tropes as someone that reads a ridiculous amount of this genre):

• A FMC that loves a pretty dress!! knows she looks hot and uses it to her advantage if anything

• a completed or nearly completed series

• sexy lil retellings of classics (alice in wonderland, the little mermaid etc.)

• dark - but not just that the MMC is a bit grumpy, the actual world is dark and morals are askew

• enemies to lovers is always a win

THANK YOU! XOXO (even if you have some dark fantasy series that absolutely destroyed you I’d be happy to hear)