Top YA Paranormal Romance with Angels

Wondering what are the Top YA Paranormal Romance with Angels? Fallen by Lauren Kate is airing on Netflix in 2025, which is giving me all the retro Y2K YA vibes. Remember those swoony early 2000s books with fallen angels and love triangles? Angels are back!

YA Paranormal Romance With Angels

YA Paranormal Romance Books About Angels were part of the HUGE YA Paranormal trend from the early 2000s to the mid 2010s.

Angel books weren’t as wildly popular as vampire YA Paranormal Romance, but there were a few big series that had all the hallmarks of Y2K YA Paranormal Romance:

• A love triangle, usually featuring a nice guy and a bad boy. In the case of angel books, the bad boy was often a fallen angel.
• A normal girl who is “not like other girls,” probably because she has some secret paranormal heritage or talent.
• A girls in dresses cover in which the main character is inexplicably wearing a ball gown, usually outside, often on a cliff with her hair blowing in the wind.

Fallen by Lauren Kate on Netflix

The Netflix series Fallen is based on the best-selling teen YA paranormal romance series by Lauren Kate.

The first book in the Fallen series, published in 2009, was about a girl sent to boarding school in the South. Lucinda (Luce) is drawn to Daniel, a brooding boy at her reform school, only to discover he’s a fallen angel, and their love story spans centuries.

The series had multiple books and was adapted as a 2016 movie, which didn’t get great reviews.

The new Netflix adaptation of Fallen is an eight-part series that debuted in August 2024.

The main cast (the love triangle trio!) includes Jessica Alexander as Lucinda “Luce” Price, Gijs Blom as Daniel Grigori
and Timothy Innes as Cameron “Cam” Briel.

Some Popular Y2K YA Paranormal Romance with Angels

If you watched Fallen and loved it, here are some more Y2K YA Paranormal Romance Books With Angels:

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Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

A human girl, Nora, falls for (haha) a mysterious fallen angel, Patch. Dark secrets and forbidden love make this a gripping read. Some 2020s readers have found Patch creepy and controlling in the same way we complained about Edward Cullen

Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

Clara is part angel and has a divine purpose to fulfill, but things get complicated when she starts falling for the wrong guy. Check out my review of Hallowed, a book in the Unearthly series.

Angel Burn by L.A. Weatherly

In a world where angels feed on humans’ energy, Willow, a half-angel, teams up with Alex, an angel killer, leading to an intense (and possibly dangerous) romance.

Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins

Anna, the daughter of a guardian angel and a demon, struggles with her destiny while falling for the alluring bad-boy Nephilim, Kaidan. Y2K YA readers LOVED this steamy YA romance!

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Karou, a girl with a mysterious past, finds herself in a war between angels and demons, and drawn to the beautiful and deadly angel, Akiva. Check out My Review of Daughter of Smoke and Bone.

Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton

Ellie discovers she’s a reincarnated warrior meant to fight monstrous creatures alongside her guardian, Will, a centuries-old angelic warrior.

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Angelology by Danielle Trousseau

A young nun discovers a letter that draws her into an ancient conflict between ancient conflict between the Society of Angelologists and the monstrously beautiful descendants of angels and humans, the Nephilim.

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Do you have favorite angel books? Tell me in comments! I love to discuss books 🙂