50 Books like What Once Was Mine

These Hollow Vows

by Lexi Ryan

A thief steals fae relics posing as the golden prince's bride to save her sister.

3.94

125k+

👑 Fae Court Politics 🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity Romance 🤝 Faerie Bargains 👭 Sibling Rescue

These Hollow Vows 93%

A thief steals fae relics posing as the golden prince's bride to save her sister.

by Lexi Ryan 2021

3.94

125k+ ratings

👑 Fae Court Politics 🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity Romance 🤝 Faerie Bargains 👭 Sibling Rescue

The Goose Girl

by Shannon Hale • 2003

Betrayed on her wedding journey, a princess who speaks to animals hides among the palace geese.

4.15

149k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🦢 Animal Magic 🫥 Hidden Identity 🌿 Nature Magic 💕 Gentle Romance

The Goose Girl 94%

Betrayed on her wedding journey, a princess who speaks to animals hides among the palace geese.

by Shannon Hale 2003

4.15

149k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🦢 Animal Magic 🫥 Hidden Identity 🌿 Nature Magic 💕 Gentle Romance

Golden Curse

by M. Lynn • 2018

Cursed to protect the prince who destroyed her family, she enters his tournament to win her place.

3.68

5k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity ✨ Forbidden Magic

Golden Curse 94%

Cursed to protect the prince who destroyed her family, she enters his tournament to win her place.

by M. Lynn 2018

3.68

5k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity ✨ Forbidden Magic

The Tangleroot Palace

by Marjorie M. Liu • 2021

A princess flees a warlord into a cursed forest where a sleeping queen deals in dreams.

3.96

2k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 👑 Reluctant Princess 🎭 Disguised Identity 🌳 Enchanted Forest 🫂 Found Family

The Tangleroot Palace 93%

A princess flees a warlord into a cursed forest where a sleeping queen deals in dreams.

by Marjorie M. Liu 2021

3.96

2k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 👑 Reluctant Princess 🎭 Disguised Identity 🌳 Enchanted Forest 🫂 Found Family

The Hazel Wood

by Melissa Albert • 2018

Alice enters her grandmother's dark fairy tales hunting her mother and finds she belongs to them.

3.55

103k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 📖 Stories Come Alive 🚪 Portal Fantasy 😤 Angry Protagonist 🔀 Fairy Tale Subversion

The Hazel Wood 93%

Alice enters her grandmother's dark fairy tales hunting her mother and finds she belongs to them.

by Melissa Albert 2018

3.55

103k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 📖 Stories Come Alive 🚪 Portal Fantasy 😤 Angry Protagonist 🔀 Fairy Tale Subversion

Piper Prince

by Amber Argyle • 2019

A bride escapes into a cursed forest where wraiths hunt the magic she never knew she possessed.

4.09

547

🎭 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Women Warriors 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🌲 Haunted Forest 🔮 Magic Returns

Piper Prince 93%

A bride escapes into a cursed forest where wraiths hunt the magic she never knew she possessed.

by Amber Argyle 2019

4.09

547 ratings

🎭 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Women Warriors 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🌲 Haunted Forest 🔮 Magic Returns

Poor Unfortunate Soul

by Serena Valentino • 2016

A sea witch, three grieving sisters, and a pact of hate that will drown them all.

3.57

30k+

🦑 Villain Origin Story 💔 Sibling Betrayal 🌊 Magical Bargains 🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisterhood 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Poor Unfortunate Soul 93%

A sea witch, three grieving sisters, and a pact of hate that will drown them all.

by Serena Valentino 2016

3.57

30k+ ratings

🦑 Villain Origin Story 💔 Sibling Betrayal 🌊 Magical Bargains 🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisterhood 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Followed by Frost

by Charlie N. Holmberg • 2015

A girl cursed to carry winter becomes the only hope for a dying desert kingdom.

4.29

11k+

🧚 Fairytale Fantasy 💀 Personified Death 🔮 Cursed Protagonist ✋ Impossible Touch 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Followed by Frost 93%

A girl cursed to carry winter becomes the only hope for a dying desert kingdom.

by Charlie N. Holmberg 2015

4.29

11k+ ratings

🧚 Fairytale Fantasy 💀 Personified Death 🔮 Cursed Protagonist ✋ Impossible Touch 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Mountains Made of Glass

by Scarlett St. Clair • 2023

To free herself, she must speak a fae prince's true name with love in seven days.

3.51

22k+

🥀 Beauty And The Beast 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🗣️ True Name Magic ⚖️ Bargains And Curses 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale

Mountains Made of Glass 93%

To free herself, she must speak a fae prince's true name with love in seven days.

by Scarlett St. Clair 2023

3.51

22k+ ratings

🥀 Beauty And The Beast 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🗣️ True Name Magic ⚖️ Bargains And Curses 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale

Queen of Snow

by Laura Burton • 2021

An orphan falls through a mirror into broken fairy tales and a princess made of winter.

3.59

3k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧚 Fairy Tale Mashup 👑 Reluctant Princess ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity

Queen of Snow 93%

An orphan falls through a mirror into broken fairy tales and a princess made of winter.

by Laura Burton 2021

3.59

3k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧚 Fairy Tale Mashup 👑 Reluctant Princess ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity

To Kill a Kingdom

by Alexandra Christo • 2018

Turned human, a siren princess must steal the heart of a prince who slaughters sirens.

3.71

212k+

🧜 Siren Fantasy 🌊 Dark Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine

To Kill a Kingdom 93%

Turned human, a siren princess must steal the heart of a prince who slaughters sirens.

by Alexandra Christo 2018

3.71

212k+ ratings

🧜 Siren Fantasy 🌊 Dark Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine

Sleep Like Death

by Kalynn Bayron • 2024

Her mother's cursed bargain is coming due, and the huntress princess is the payment.

3.44

4k+

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🌙 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Cursed Bargains 🦊 Animal Companion 🏰 Hidden Princess

Sleep Like Death 93%

Her mother's cursed bargain is coming due, and the huntress princess is the payment.

by Kalynn Bayron 2024

3.44

4k+ ratings

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🌙 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Cursed Bargains 🦊 Animal Companion 🏰 Hidden Princess

So This is Love

by Elizabeth Lim • 2020

Working in the palace to escape her stepmother, Cinderella uncovers a plot to kill the king.

4.06

20k+

🩰 Cinderella Retelling 📖 Disney Retelling 🎭 Hidden Identity 👑 Palace Intrigue 🔮 Banned Magic

So This is Love 93%

Working in the palace to escape her stepmother, Cinderella uncovers a plot to kill the king.

by Elizabeth Lim 2020

4.06

20k+ ratings

🩰 Cinderella Retelling 📖 Disney Retelling 🎭 Hidden Identity 👑 Palace Intrigue 🔮 Banned Magic

Mistress of All Evil

by Serena Valentino • 2017

The dark fairy's curse was not evil. It was a mother's last act of protection.

3.97

20k+

🦹 Villain Origin Story 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💔 Tragic Villain 🧝 Magical Outcast 🫂 Found Family

Mistress of All Evil 94%

The dark fairy's curse was not evil. It was a mother's last act of protection.

by Serena Valentino 2017

3.97

20k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Origin Story 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💔 Tragic Villain 🧝 Magical Outcast 🫂 Found Family

Kingdom of Ash and Briars

by Hannah West • 2016

An immortal shapeshifter hides a cursed princess from the dark sorceress who mentored her.

3.63

3k+

🧚 Fairy Tale Mashup 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Curse 👑 Rags To Power 🖤 Dark Mentor Figure 💕 Hidden Identity Romance

Kingdom of Ash and Briars 94%

An immortal shapeshifter hides a cursed princess from the dark sorceress who mentored her.

by Hannah West 2016

3.63

3k+ ratings

🧚 Fairy Tale Mashup 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Curse 👑 Rags To Power 🖤 Dark Mentor Figure 💕 Hidden Identity Romance

A Court of Thorns and Roses

by Sarah J. Maas

A huntress kills a fae wolf. Her masked captor needs her love to break his curse.

4.15

4.3M+

🥀 Fairy Tale Retelling 🧚 Fae Romance ⛓️ Captive To Lovers 👑 Faerie Courts 🔮 Curse Breaking

A Court of Thorns and Roses 93%

A huntress kills a fae wolf. Her masked captor needs her love to break his curse.

by Sarah J. Maas 2015

4.15

4.3M+ ratings

🥀 Fairy Tale Retelling 🧚 Fae Romance ⛓️ Captive To Lovers 👑 Faerie Courts 🔮 Curse Breaking

Stolen Enchantress

by Amber Argyle • 2016

A village girl enters a dark forest to save her sister, bound by a piper's song.

3.96

1k+

⚔️💖 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🔺 Love Triangle 🌑📖 Dark Fairy Tale 🌲✨ Enchanted Forest

Stolen Enchantress 93%

A village girl enters a dark forest to save her sister, bound by a piper's song.

by Amber Argyle 2016

3.96

1k+ ratings

⚔️💖 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🔺 Love Triangle 🌑📖 Dark Fairy Tale 🌲✨ Enchanted Forest

The Gingerbread Queen

by Carrie Anne Noble • 2024

Gretel, branded a witch, flees to the gingerbread cottage, where dark magic awaits its new queen.

4.13

243

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🌲 Enchanted Forest 🏠 Found Family 🔮 Reluctant Witch 🦢 Cursed Animal Form

The Gingerbread Queen 93%

Gretel, branded a witch, flees to the gingerbread cottage, where dark magic awaits its new queen.

by Carrie Anne Noble 2024

4.13

243 ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🌲 Enchanted Forest 🏠 Found Family 🔮 Reluctant Witch 🦢 Cursed Animal Form

Carrion

by Amarah Calderini • 2024

She plunges from a dying world into a nightmare kingdom whose beautiful king commands death.

4.11

912

🧚 Peter Pan Retelling 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Touch Her And Die 🚪 Portal Fantasy

Carrion 93%

She plunges from a dying world into a nightmare kingdom whose beautiful king commands death.

by Amarah Calderini 2024

4.11

912 ratings

🧚 Peter Pan Retelling 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Touch Her And Die 🚪 Portal Fantasy

The Wonderland Trials

by Sara Ella • 2022

An unmagical orphan is chosen for a deadly competition in a hidden Wonderland ruled by fear.

4.11

2k+

🎩 Wonderland Retelling 🏙️ Dystopian Fantasy 💛 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Wonderland Trials 93%

An unmagical orphan is chosen for a deadly competition in a hidden Wonderland ruled by fear.

by Sara Ella 2022

4.11

2k+ ratings

🎩 Wonderland Retelling 🏙️ Dystopian Fantasy 💛 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Isle of the Lost

by Melissa de la Cruz • 2015

Four villain kids hunt a cursed scepter across a prison island to win their parents' respect.

3.80

28k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🦹 Villain Perspective 💚 Found Family 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🗺️ Quest Adventure

The Isle of the Lost 93%

Four villain kids hunt a cursed scepter across a prison island to win their parents' respect.

by Melissa de la Cruz 2015

3.80

28k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🦹 Villain Perspective 💚 Found Family 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🗺️ Quest Adventure

A Curse So Dark and Lonely

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2019

Falling into a cursed kingdom, Harper must love a monster prince before his realm falls.

3.95

181k+

🥀 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 🪞 Portal Fantasy 👹 Cursed Prince ❤️‍🔥 Reluctant Allies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale

A Curse So Dark and Lonely 93%

Falling into a cursed kingdom, Harper must love a monster prince before his realm falls.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2019

3.95

181k+ ratings

🥀 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 🪞 Portal Fantasy 👹 Cursed Prince ❤️‍🔥 Reluctant Allies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale

House of Ash and Shadow

by Leia Stone • 2023

The one fae who can touch her without pain is a prince terrified of her darkness.

4.08

13k+

🧚 Fae Academy 💔 Cursed Touch 💕 Love Triangle 🏠 Chosen Family 🌑 Dark Prince

House of Ash and Shadow 92%

The one fae who can touch her without pain is a prince terrified of her darkness.

by Leia Stone 2023

4.08

13k+ ratings

🧚 Fae Academy 💔 Cursed Touch 💕 Love Triangle 🏠 Chosen Family 🌑 Dark Prince

Heartless

by Marissa Meyer • 2016

Cath bakes magic into tarts, but a king wants her hand, a joker her heart.

4.08

277k+

📖 Villain Origin Story 🐇 Wonderland Retelling 🌹 Dark Fairytale 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 🎪 Dark Whimsy

Heartless 92%

Cath bakes magic into tarts, but a king wants her hand, a joker her heart.

by Marissa Meyer 2016

4.08

277k+ ratings

📖 Villain Origin Story 🐇 Wonderland Retelling 🌹 Dark Fairytale 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 🎪 Dark Whimsy

The Book of Lost Things

by John Connolly • 2006

A boy follows his dead mother's voice into a dark fairy-tale world where bargains demand betrayal.

3.96

86k+

🖤 Twisted Fairy Tales 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌒 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Sibling Betrayal ⚡ Dangerous Bargains

The Book of Lost Things 92%

A boy follows his dead mother's voice into a dark fairy-tale world where bargains demand betrayal.

by John Connolly 2006

3.96

86k+ ratings

🖤 Twisted Fairy Tales 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌒 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Sibling Betrayal ⚡ Dangerous Bargains

Heart of the Fae

by Emma Hamm • 2017

A faerie bargain sends a healer to a phantom isle to retrieve its exiled, crystal-scarred prince.

3.83

10k+

🥀 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 🌿 Healer Heroine ⚖️ Fae Bargain 🏠 Found Family 🍀 Celtic Mythology

Heart of the Fae 92%

A faerie bargain sends a healer to a phantom isle to retrieve its exiled, crystal-scarred prince.

by Emma Hamm 2017

3.83

10k+ ratings

🥀 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 🌿 Healer Heroine ⚖️ Fae Bargain 🏠 Found Family 🍀 Celtic Mythology

Uprooted

by Naomi Novik

The Dragon chose the wrong girl, and her wild magic is what the Wood fears most.

4.02

267k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌿 Slavic Folklore 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🌱 Nature Magic 🐉 Grumpy Mentor

Uprooted 93%

The Dragon chose the wrong girl, and her wild magic is what the Wood fears most.

by Naomi Novik 2015

4.02

267k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌿 Slavic Folklore 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🌱 Nature Magic 🐉 Grumpy Mentor

Little Thieves

by Margaret Owen • 2021

A servant girl passing as a princess is cursed to sprout jewels from her skin.

4.22

27k+

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🖤 Morally Gray Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Identity Theft 👪 Found Family

Little Thieves 94%

A servant girl passing as a princess is cursed to sprout jewels from her skin.

by Margaret Owen 2021

4.22

27k+ ratings

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🖤 Morally Gray Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Identity Theft 👪 Found Family

Cinder

by Marissa Meyer • 2012

A cyborg mechanic loves a prince, but she's the lost heir the Lunar queen wants dead.

4.12

1.0M+

🔄 Fairy Tale Retelling 🤖 Cyborg Protagonist 👑 Hidden Royalty 💔 Forbidden Romance 👸 Evil Queen

Cinder 93%

A cyborg mechanic loves a prince, but she's the lost heir the Lunar queen wants dead.

by Marissa Meyer 2012

4.12

1.0M+ ratings

🔄 Fairy Tale Retelling 🤖 Cyborg Protagonist 👑 Hidden Royalty 💔 Forbidden Romance 👸 Evil Queen

The Sleeper and the Spindle

by Neil Gaiman • 2013

A queen abandons her wedding, dons armor, and rides toward a sleeping plague that devours kingdoms.

3.87

54k+

🖤 Fairy Tale Subversion 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Warrior Queen 🛌 Cursed Sleep 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Sleeper and the Spindle 92%

A queen abandons her wedding, dons armor, and rides toward a sleeping plague that devours kingdoms.

by Neil Gaiman 2013

3.87

54k+ ratings

🖤 Fairy Tale Subversion 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Warrior Queen 🛌 Cursed Sleep 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Before the Broken Star

by Emily R. King • 2019

Exiled to a cursed penal colony, a girl with a mechanical heart faces her family's murderer.

3.92

6k+

🕰️ Clockwork Fantasy 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Revenge Quest 👥 Found Family 🌑 Dark Fairytale

Before the Broken Star 92%

Exiled to a cursed penal colony, a girl with a mechanical heart faces her family's murderer.

by Emily R. King 2019

3.92

6k+ ratings

🕰️ Clockwork Fantasy 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Revenge Quest 👥 Found Family 🌑 Dark Fairytale

Nettle & Bone

by T. Kingfisher • 2022

Three impossible tasks. One bone dog. A princess who refuses to let another sister die.

4.07

147k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 💕 Sisterly Devotion 👥 Found Family 🧙 Grumpy Mentor 🦴 Magical Companion

Nettle & Bone 92%

Three impossible tasks. One bone dog. A princess who refuses to let another sister die.

by T. Kingfisher 2022

4.07

147k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 💕 Sisterly Devotion 👥 Found Family 🧙 Grumpy Mentor 🦴 Magical Companion

The Court that Bleeds Gold

by Zara Storm • 2024

A metalsmith trades one cage for another: a fae prince who demands she unmake a curse.

3.87

3k+

🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 🧝 Fae Bargains ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👹 Monstrous Hero 🔗 Captive To Lover

The Court that Bleeds Gold 92%

A metalsmith trades one cage for another: a fae prince who demands she unmake a curse.

by Zara Storm 2024

3.87

3k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 🧝 Fae Bargains ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👹 Monstrous Hero 🔗 Captive To Lover

The Gunslinger

by Stephen King • 1982

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

3.91

669k+

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🏚️ Decaying World

The Gunslinger 92%

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

by Stephen King 1982

3.91

669k+ ratings

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🏚️ Decaying World

Fairest

by Gail Carson Levine • 2006

Blackmailed by the envious queen, a girl with a magic voice must deceive a kingdom of singers.

3.89

69k+

👸 Snow White Retelling 🦢 Ugly Duckling 🎤 Magic Voice 👤 Secret Heritage 🪞 Mirror Magic

Fairest 92%

Blackmailed by the envious queen, a girl with a magic voice must deceive a kingdom of singers.

by Gail Carson Levine 2006

3.89

69k+ ratings

👸 Snow White Retelling 🦢 Ugly Duckling 🎤 Magic Voice 👤 Secret Heritage 🪞 Mirror Magic

Fairest of All

by Serena Valentino • 2009

Her stepdaughter's beauty haunts her. So does the voice inside her father's old mirror.

3.81

56k+

🎭 Villain Origin Story 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👑 Wicked Stepmother 🕯️ Trapped Soul 🥀 Tragic Descent

Fairest of All 92%

Her stepdaughter's beauty haunts her. So does the voice inside her father's old mirror.

by Serena Valentino 2009

3.81

56k+ ratings

🎭 Villain Origin Story 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👑 Wicked Stepmother 🕯️ Trapped Soul 🥀 Tragic Descent

Silver in the Bone

by Alexandra Bracken • 2023

A magicless scavenger braves dying Avalon to break her brother's curse, where death wears a crown.

3.87

13k+

⚔️ Arthurian Retelling 🚪 Portal Fantasy 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 🧠 Non Magical Heroine

Silver in the Bone 92%

A magicless scavenger braves dying Avalon to break her brother's curse, where death wears a crown.

by Alexandra Bracken 2023

3.87

13k+ ratings

⚔️ Arthurian Retelling 🚪 Portal Fantasy 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 🧠 Non Magical Heroine

Oath Taker

by Audrey Grey • 2019

A dark lord steals her best friend. The price of breaking the curse: become his student.

3.84

12k+

🖤 Dark Fae Romance 🔮 Curse Quest 🖤 Shadow Daddy 💔 Tortured Hero 🤝 Found Family

Oath Taker 92%

A dark lord steals her best friend. The price of breaking the curse: become his student.

by Audrey Grey 2019

3.84

12k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fae Romance 🔮 Curse Quest 🖤 Shadow Daddy 💔 Tortured Hero 🤝 Found Family

Her Radiant Curse

by Elizabeth Lim • 2023

Her sister is beautiful. Her face is a curse. The witch who marked her is back.

4.17

11k+

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏮 East Asian Fantasy 👹 Heroine As Monster ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Sister

Her Radiant Curse 92%

Her sister is beautiful. Her face is a curse. The witch who marked her is back.

by Elizabeth Lim 2023

4.17

11k+ ratings

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏮 East Asian Fantasy 👹 Heroine As Monster ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Sister

The Thirteenth Child

by Erin A. Craig • 2024

Claimed by the god of death, a healer cures the sick but sees who must die.

4.03

25k+

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 🧚‍♀️ Dark Fairytale 💀 Chosen By Death 👁️ Death's Mark ❤️‍🔥 Star Crossed Lovers

The Thirteenth Child 93%

Claimed by the god of death, a healer cures the sick but sees who must die.

by Erin A. Craig 2024

4.03

25k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 🧚‍♀️ Dark Fairytale 💀 Chosen By Death 👁️ Death's Mark ❤️‍🔥 Star Crossed Lovers

The Eyes of the Dragon

by Stephen King • 1993

Framed for his father's murder, a prince weaves napkins into a rope to reclaim his kingdom.

3.94

148k+

🌲 Dark Fairy Tale 🔓 Prison Escape 🐍 Evil Advisor 🎭 Puppet Ruler ⚔️ Brothers In Conflict

The Eyes of the Dragon 93%

Framed for his father's murder, a prince weaves napkins into a rope to reclaim his kingdom.

by Stephen King 1993

3.94

148k+ ratings

🌲 Dark Fairy Tale 🔓 Prison Escape 🐍 Evil Advisor 🎭 Puppet Ruler ⚔️ Brothers In Conflict

The Cruel Prince

by Holly Black

A mortal girl defies a cruel fae prince, swept into a battle for the crown.

4.00

1.8M+

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 💔 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Morally Grey Heroine 🧚 Mortal In Faerie 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Cruel Prince 92%

A mortal girl defies a cruel fae prince, swept into a battle for the crown.

by Holly Black 2018

4.00

1.8M+ ratings

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 💔 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Morally Grey Heroine 🧚 Mortal In Faerie 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Way of the Argosi

by Sebastien de Castell • 2021

Cursed to spoil every kindness, an orphan thief steals toward a freedom no mage controls.

4.25

2k+

🧙 Mage Society 🪢 Magical Curse 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Thief Crew 💔 Trauma Healing

Way of the Argosi 92%

Cursed to spoil every kindness, an orphan thief steals toward a freedom no mage controls.

by Sebastien de Castell 2021

4.25

2k+ ratings

🧙 Mage Society 🪢 Magical Curse 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Thief Crew 💔 Trauma Healing

Tree of Ages

by Sara C. Roethle • 2015

An oak turned woman seeks her origins. A fae war stirs, and it knows her.

3.96

8k+

🦌 Celtic Fantasy 🍂 Forest Magic 💀 Fae War 🧚 Faerie Bargains 🔮 Prophetic Visions

Tree of Ages 92%

An oak turned woman seeks her origins. A fae war stirs, and it knows her.

by Sara C. Roethle 2015

3.96

8k+ ratings

🦌 Celtic Fantasy 🍂 Forest Magic 💀 Fae War 🧚 Faerie Bargains 🔮 Prophetic Visions

Bride of the Midnight Prince

by Anastasis Blythe • 2025

A fae prince hunts a masked liberator but falls for the servant hiding behind the mask.

4.40

2k+

👠 Cinderella Retelling 🧚 Forbidden Fae Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Bride of the Midnight Prince 92%

A fae prince hunts a masked liberator but falls for the servant hiding behind the mask.

by Anastasis Blythe 2025

4.40

2k+ ratings

👠 Cinderella Retelling 🧚 Forbidden Fae Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Cruel Beauty

by Rosamund Hodge • 2014

She marries a demon lord to kill him, but his shifting house steals her hatred first.

3.64

94k+

🥀 Beauty And The Beast 📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👰 Sacrificial Bride

Cruel Beauty 92%

She marries a demon lord to kill him, but his shifting house steals her hatred first.

by Rosamund Hodge 2014

3.64

94k+ ratings

🥀 Beauty And The Beast 📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👰 Sacrificial Bride

The School for Good and Evil

by Soman Chainani • 2013

Best friends Sophie and Agatha are snatched to a fairy-tale school and placed in opposite worlds.

3.98

137k+

🏰 Fairy Tale School ✨ Fairy Tale Subversion 💔 Friendship And Betrayal 🎭 Beauty And Ugliness 💋 True Love's Kiss

The School for Good and Evil 92%

Best friends Sophie and Agatha are snatched to a fairy-tale school and placed in opposite worlds.

by Soman Chainani 2013

3.98

137k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale School ✨ Fairy Tale Subversion 💔 Friendship And Betrayal 🎭 Beauty And Ugliness 💋 True Love's Kiss

Devour the Dark

by Nikki St. Crowe • 2025

Devoured by the witch he swallowed, a man's only hope is two lovers hunting a mythic cure.

4.05

12k+

🌑 Dark Retelling 🖤 Monster Romance 😈 Cursed Hero 💕 Why Choose 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Devour the Dark 92%

Devoured by the witch he swallowed, a man's only hope is two lovers hunting a mythic cure.

by Nikki St. Crowe 2025

4.05

12k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Retelling 🖤 Monster Romance 😈 Cursed Hero 💕 Why Choose 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Hunted

by Meagan Spooner • 2017

To save her father, a hunter enters a magical forest and becomes the beast's captive.

3.87

33k+

🥀 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 🪆 Russian Folklore 🏹 Hunter Heroine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

Hunted 92%

To save her father, a hunter enters a magical forest and becomes the beast's captive.

by Meagan Spooner 2017

3.87

33k+ ratings

🥀 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 🪆 Russian Folklore 🏹 Hunter Heroine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

The Will and the Wilds

by Charlie N. Holmberg • 2020

Trapped between monsters and a soul-stealing creature, she pays for protection one kiss at a time.

3.91

11k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 👹 Monster Love Interest 💫 Soul Bond ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Will and the Wilds 92%

Trapped between monsters and a soul-stealing creature, she pays for protection one kiss at a time.

by Charlie N. Holmberg 2020

3.91

11k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 👹 Monster Love Interest 💫 Soul Bond ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

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