If You Loved...

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Loved the fae-court politics, the forced-proximity slow burn, and the morally complicated love interests of Sarah J. Maas's ACOTAR? These pick up different pieces of what made it work — court intrigue, fae bargains, or just more fae.

Cover of The Serpent and the Wings of Night

Trades Maas's fae court for a vampire one, but keeps the tournament-and-survival structure and a mortal heroine outmatched by everyone around her.

vampire courttournament plotmorally gray hero
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Quicksilver

Callie Hart

A fae-court bargain romance with the same enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity tension ACOTAR opens on.

fae courtenemies to loversforced proximity
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Gild

Raven Kennedy

Swaps the fae court for a gilded human one, but keeps the captivity-to-power-shift arc and a possessive royal love interest.

dark fantasy romanceroyal courtpossessive love interest
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A Kiss of Iron

Clare Sager

A slower-burn fae-court romance with the same morally gray fae lord archetype and court-politics backbone.

fae courtslow burnmorally gray