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What to read after “Gild” by Raven Kennedy: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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1
A Promise of Fire
Amanda Bouchet · 2016
From the same world: “Romantasy”
- Romantasy
- Slow Burn
Catalia works as a soothsayer in a travelling circus, hiding the power that once made her a pawn of the gods. Griffin, a warlord desperate to save his people, recognises her magic and carries her off to his kingdom. On the long road there, loathing turns into a bond neither of them wanted and neither can deny.
2
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Stephanie Garber · 2021
From the same world: “Romantasy”
- Romantasy
- Slow Burn
Evangeline Fox believes in true love until she learns that the boy she loves is about to marry her stepsister. Desperate, she makes a bargain with Jacks, a charming, dangerous young man known as a Fate. Their deal pulls her into a world of magic and curses, where every promise has a price and every wish can go wrong.
3
Poison Study
Maria V. Snyder · 2005
From the same world: “Romantasy”
Yelena is given a choice: die for her crime, or become the Commander's food taster and risk poison at every meal. Her trainer is the assassin Valek, guarded and dangerous, and working beside him builds a trust neither expected. Then she learns her own past may be more deadly than any poison.
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This Woven Kingdom
Tahereh Mafi · 2022
From the same world: “Romantasy”
- Romantasy
- Slow Burn
Alizeh hides in plain sight as a servant, keeping the secret that she is heir to a lost magical kingdom and the subject of a prophecy she wants no part of. Kamran is the crown prince, bound to protect his grandfather's throne. He does not know who she truly is, and the truth could destroy them both.
5
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy
Megan Bannen · 2022
From the same world: “Romantasy”
- Romantasy
- Slow Burn
Hart is a lonely marshal who hunts the undead; Mercy runs her family's funeral home and finds Hart insufferable. After a bitter week, each writes an anonymous letter to a stranger, and a warm correspondence begins without either knowing who is on the other end. Meanwhile, real life keeps forcing them together.
6
The Hurricane Wars
Thea Guanzon · 2023
From the same world: “Romantasy”
- Romantasy
Talasyn has known nothing but the Hurricane Wars: raised as an orphan in a nation under siege by the Night Empire, she hides her light magic and fights alongside its soldiers. Alaric is the empire's crown prince and her sworn enemy on the battlefield. When a greater threat and a royal marriage alliance force them together, the two must work side by side, and their powers answer to each other in ways no one can explain.
7
The Darkest Night
Gena Showalter · 2008
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
Cursed to carry the demon of Violence, the immortal warrior Maddox has spent lifetimes in torment. Every night he dies at the hands of the gods, and every dawn he wakes. Rescuing a mortal woman named Ashlyn from his enemies throws them both into a conflict that could free or destroy him.
8
A Deal with the Elf King
Elise Kova · 2020
From the same world: “Romantasy”
- Romantasy
- Slow Burn
Luella was raised to be an ordinary healer, not the human bride the Elf King demands. When he comes to claim her, she is taken to Midscape, where her touch can wake the sleeping land. Trapped with a cold, distant husband, she must find a way home or accept a destiny she never wanted.
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Kaikeyi
Vaishnavi Patel · 2022
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
- Morally Grey Character
Born a princess and cast aside by her father, Kaikeyi claims a place at court and wins the love of a king. When war threatens her sons' future, she uses the boons she was granted to change the fate of a kingdom.
10
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
Axie Oh · 2022
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
- Slow Burn
Mina takes her brother's place as the sacrifice meant to calm the Sea God, and wakes in the realm of spirits. There she searches for the god, hoping to save her village and the boy who has waited for her.
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A Touch of Darkness
Scarlett St. Clair · 2019
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
Persephone is a young journalist who wants an ordinary life, away from her mother Demeter's plans. At a nightclub she meets Hades, the god of the dead, and loses a wager that binds her to his realm. She must learn to grow life in the underworld, or surrender to a love she was warned against.
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The Wrath and the Dawn
Renée Ahdieh · 2015
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
- Slow Burn
Each dawn the young caliph marries a bride, and each dawn she is dead. When Shahrzad volunteers to marry him, she survives the first night by telling stories and begins to look for the truth behind his cruelty.