Siobhan Davis is not one of those authors with one obvious entry point. Most readers are really choosing between four different lanes: dark high-school romance, mafia romance, angsty new-adult family drama, or her earlier sci-fi/paranormal books.

That is why reading order matters here: not because every series connects to every other one, but because each individual series has its own continuity, recurring relationships, and spoiler-sensitive reveals.
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Where to Start
- If you like dark academy romance with heavy tension and a fast payoff, you can start with Resurrection (2020). It opens The Sainthood and gives you one of Davis’s best-known dark-romance entry points.
- If you like elite-school enemies, secrets, and a longer dark series, start with Cruel Intentions (2019). That begins Rydeville Elite, one of her biggest ongoing dark-school worlds.
- If mafia romance is your thing, start with Condemned to Love (2021). That is the cleanest doorway into her later mafia line before the connected follow-up books and duets.
- If you want angsty new-adult romance with a big family-style cast, start with Finding Kyler (2017). The Kennedy books are long, emotional, and much more rewarding in order.
- If you prefer sci-fi or paranormal romance over dark contemporary, start with Saven Deception (2015). That is the best first look at her earlier speculative side.
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A simple rule helps with Siobhan Davis: pick a lane, then stay inside that lane until the series is finished. Jumping between series is fine. Jumping into the middle of Kennedy Boys, Rydeville Elite, The Sainthood, Saven, or Alinthia is usually not.
A good progression for many readers looks like this:
- The Sainthood
- Rydeville Elite
- Mazzone Mafia
- The Accardi Twins
- The Kennedy Boys
- All of Me
- The One I Want Duet
- Forever Love
- Standalones
- Saven
- True Calling
- Alinthia
That path starts with the books most associated with her current reputation, then moves back toward the earlier YA speculative series. This is a recommendation, not an official cross-series order.
Every series in order
The Sainthood
Included
- Resurrection (2020): Harlow’s story starts with power games, revenge energy, and a dangerous elite-school setup that establishes the tone for the whole series.
- Rebellion (2020): The pressure rises fast as loyalties shift and the emotional stakes grow darker and messier inside the same core relationship web.
- Reign (2020): This is the major escalation book, where the series pushes harder on control, fallout, and the cost of the choices made earlier.
- Revere (2021): The final main installment closes the central arc and is best saved until last because it pays off everything built across the first three books.
This is one of the clearest “read in order, no skipping” series in the catalog.
Rydeville Elite
Included
- Cruel Intentions (2019): A dark school-romance opener built on bullying, obsession, and high social stakes, with enough unresolved tension to make it a true series starter.
- Ruse (2019, optional 1.5): A companion novella that adds perspective and extra series context but is not the main place to begin.
- Twisted Betrayal (2019): The story widens through deception, shifting allegiances, and bigger emotional consequences from the first book’s setup.
- Sweet Retribution (2019): The original trilogy phase reaches a major payoff point, but only after doubling down on the series’ darker choices and rivalries.
- Charlie (2020): The world expands beyond the first arc, using a new focal character to keep the Rydeville continuity moving.
- Jackson (2020): Another continuation book that depends on the earlier chaos already being in place, especially for character dynamics and history.
- Sawyer (2021): A later-series installment that pushes the emotional continuity further and works best when the first five books are fresh in mind.
- The Hate I Feel (2024): This returns to the Rydeville world with deeper fallout and stronger reliance on long-running history.
- Drew (2024): A still-later series entry that rewards readers who stayed with the entire elite-school saga instead of sampling it out of order.
- Rydeville Elite Epilogue (2025, optional): A bonus capstone that is best treated as a final check-in after the main sequence.
This is one of Davis’s longest dark contemporary runs, so publication order is the right order.
Mazzone Mafia
Included
- Condemned to Love (2021): The mafia line opens with a forced, dangerous romance setup and introduces the power structure behind the later connected books.
- Forbidden to Love (2021): The emotional stakes deepen as the series leans harder into loyalty, family control, and risk.
- Scared to Love (2021): The original trilogy closes with the biggest romantic and criminal fallout of the first Mazzone arc.
- Vengeance of a Mafia Queen (2022): A connected mafia romance that widens the world rather than replacing it, so it works best after the trilogy.
- Taking What’s Mine (2024): Another linked mafia installment that makes more sense once the earlier families and tensions are already established.
- Protecting What’s Mine (2025): This continues the mafia continuity and is safest read after Taking What’s Mine rather than as a standalone first step.
The core entry point here is still Condemned to Love.
The Accardi Twins
Included
- The Cold King of New York (2024): A duet opener set in Davis’s darker mafia-romance lane, built around control, intensity, and a two-book payoff structure.
- The Cruel King of New York (2024): The duet conclusion resolves the twin-centered arc and should be read immediately after book one.
Read this after Mazzone Mafia if you want the smoothest move through her mafia work.
Dirty Crazy Bad
Included
- Dirty Crazy Bad: A Prequel Short Story (2022, optional): A setup piece meant to frame the main story and tone rather than replace book one.
- Dirty Crazy Bad: Book One (2022): The main story begins with one of Davis’s more openly chaotic dark-romance premises and a strong serial structure.
- Dirty Crazy Bad: Book Two (2022): The second half delivers the rest of the arc, so this should be treated as a direct continuation, not a separate entry point.
This is a compact series, but it still needs to be read in sequence.
The Kennedy Boys
Included
- Finding Kyler (2017): The series starts with Faye and Kyler and sets up the larger Kennedy family world that later books keep returning to.
- Losing Kyler (2017): The opening arc continues directly, deepening both the romance and the family-related emotional damage already in motion.
- Keeping Kyler (2017): The first major trilogy closes here, making these three books feel like one long opening movement.
- The Irish Getaway (2017, optional 3.5): A short bridge piece that adds extra character time after the first trilogy.
- Loving Kalvin (2017): The series shifts to another Kennedy-centered romance while keeping the established family and friend history active.
- Saving Brad (2017): A new couple takes focus, but the shared world matters more now, so reading in order becomes even more useful.
- Seducing Kaden (2018): The middle of the series leans heavily on prior emotional baggage, sibling crossover, and established trust issues.
- Forgiving Keven (2019): This book pushes the longer Kennedy continuity forward and works best after the previous six novels.
- Summer in Nantucket (2019, optional 7.5): A bonus novella that functions as extra time with the cast rather than a new starting point.
- Releasing Keanu (2019): The later Kennedy phase begins to feel more cumulative, with relationship history shaping nearly every interaction.
- Adoring Keaton (2020): Another late-series romance that carries a lot more weight when the earlier family history is already known.
- Reforming Kent (2020): This continues the connected Kennedy arc and should not be treated as a random standalone despite its single-couple focus.
- Moonlight in Massachusetts (2022, optional epilogue novel): A five-years-later check-in that is best saved for last because it exists mainly as payoff for long-time series readers.
This is the best Siobhan Davis series to recommend to readers who want a long angsty new-adult binge.
Forever Love
Included
- When Forever Changes (2018): A shorter duet opener that gives you Davis in a more emotional and relationship-centered mode than her darkest books.
- No Feelings Involved (2019): The second book completes the pairing and is best read straight after the first.
This is one of the simpler branches of the catalog.
All of Me
Included
- Say I’m the One (2021): This starts a more emotional contemporary-romance line with a strong relationship-first focus rather than a pure dark-romance engine.
- Let Me Love You (2021): The series expands through another connected romance, with recurring characters becoming more important.
- Hold Me Close (2022): A later entry that benefits from the emotional groundwork already laid in the first two books.
- Reeve (2023): This extends the shared-world thread and is better read as continuation than as a fresh start.
- Dillon (2024): The latest main entry builds on the prior character network and works best after the full sequence before it.
This series is a good next step if you want Davis’s angst without going all the way into her darkest school or mafia material.
The One I Want Duet
Included
- Say You’re Mine / The One I Want (2023): A duet opener that uses a two-book structure, so the romance is designed to unfold across both installments.
- Say It’s Forever (2023): The conclusion pays off the central relationship and should be read immediately after book one.
Treat this as one continuous story in two parts.
Saven
Included
- Saven Deception (2015): The series opens with Davis’s YA sci-fi romance voice: secrets, identity questions, and a bigger speculative mystery underneath the romance.
- Logan (2016, optional 1.5): A companion novella from Logan’s point of view that adds insight after the first book.
- Saven Disclosure (2016): The mystery deepens and the romance is pulled into a larger conflict with wider world-building consequences.
- Saven Denial (2016): This middle entry raises the pressure on both the personal and political sides of the story.
- Saven Defiance (2016): The series keeps escalating, with the central conflict now fully driving the pace.
- Axton (2016, optional 4.5): A side novella that expands one character’s perspective and is best read in its numbered place.
- Saven Deliverance (2017): The main series concludes here, paying off the long-running romantic and speculative arc.
If your favorite Siobhan Davis books turn out to be the older ones, this is usually why.
True Calling
Included
- True Calling (2015): A YA sci-fi opener with memory, identity, and interplanetary stakes, and still one of the clearest starts to Davis’s earliest phase.
- Lovestruck (2015, optional 1.5): A short companion piece recommended by the author after True Calling and before Beyond Reach.
- Beyond Reach (2015): The main trilogy continues with bigger emotional and world-level consequences.
- Light of a Thousand Stars (2015, optional 2.5): Another companion novella that adds relationship context before the finale.
- Destiny Rising (2015): The trilogy closes the core arc and should be read after the two novels before it.
- The Short Story Collection (later collection): A catch-all extra for completists rather than a necessary reading step for first-time readers.
This series is the best fit for readers who want her original YA speculative style rather than the later dark romances.
Alinthia
Included, but incomplete
- The Lost Savior (2018): A reverse-harem paranormal/sci-fi opener that launches one of Davis’s most overtly speculative later series.
- The Secret Heir (2018): The mythology and relationship web both deepen, and the series clearly expects readers to continue in order.
- The Warrior Princess (2018): The central destiny arc grows larger here, pushing the series further into full-scale saga territory.
- The Chosen One (2019): The fourth book escalates the conflict and leads directly toward the planned finale.
- The Rightful Queen (on hold, unreleased): The official book page says this title has no set release date at the moment and will be republished when the series is complete.
Because the final book is still on hold, this is not the safest first recommendation unless you are comfortable waiting on a series endgame.
Standalones worth separating from the series lists
- Inseparable (2017): A standalone contemporary romance, best read entirely outside the series paths.
- Incognito (2018): Another separate contemporary title that does not need any larger reading order around it.
- Surviving Amber Springs (2018): A standalone with a more self-contained setup and no series homework required.
- Still Falling for You (2019): A separate romance, also listed under the alternate title Only Ever You in some catalog sources.
- Holding on to Forever (2019): A co-authored standalone romance, best treated as a separate read.
- Always Meant to Be (2022): A standalone contemporary romance that works well for readers who want Davis without committing to a long series.
- Tell It to My Heart (2023): Another separate contemporary title outside the major series continuities.
- Never Stopped Loving You (2026): A new standalone romance and the most recent clearly released single-title book on the official site.
These are the easiest Davis books to sample when you do not want cliffhangers or a long family-style chain.
Do you need a chronological order?
No. For Siobhan Davis, the useful choice is almost always series order, not in-world chronology. Her books are built around relationship progression, POV reveals, emotional fallout, and recurring-cast consequences. Publication order inside each series preserves those reveals better than any fan-made chronology would.
A practical reading path for first-timers
If you want the version of Siobhan Davis most readers know now, do this:
- Resurrection
- Finish The Sainthood
- Move to Cruel Intentions
- Finish Rydeville Elite
- Read Condemned to Love
- Finish Mazzone Mafia
- Continue with The Accardi Twins
- Then choose between The Kennedy Boys or All of Me
- Save Saven, True Calling, and Alinthia for when you want her earlier speculative side
That route keeps the tone reasonably consistent instead of jumping from dark elite-school romance into 2015 sci-fi too early. This is my recommendation rather than the author’s official cross-series sequence.
What is newest, and what is still pending?
As of March 30, 2026, the official site lists Never Stopped Loving You as a standalone with a February 17 release date, and the author’s upcoming page lists Claiming My Bride, Claiming My Revenge, and The Devlin Brothers Series as coming in 2026/2027. The same official site also says The Rightful Queen is currently on hold with no set release date.
Final recommendation
For dark-romance readers, start with Resurrection or Cruel Intentions. For mafia readers, start with Condemned to Love. For angsty new-adult binge readers, start with Finding Kyler. For readers who want the older speculative side of her catalog, start with Saven Deception.
Frank is the editor of BookSeries.blog, focusing on publication order, chronological timelines, and spoiler-free reading guides for book series and fictional universes.

