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

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Serpent & Dove
Shelby Mahurin · 2019
From the same world: “Witches”
- Witches
- Enemies to Lovers
Lou is a witch hiding in a city where the church hunts her kind. Reid is a captain of the witch hunters and a devoted servant of that church. When a reckless act binds them in a union neither wanted, both must choose between faith, duty and a feeling they were raised to despise.
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Kingdom of the Wicked
Kerri Maniscalco · 2020
From the same world: “Witches”
- Witches
- Enemies to Lovers
Witch sisters Emilia and Vittoria live secretly among humans, hiding from those who would kill them. When Vittoria is found murdered, Emilia swears to hunt down the killer, even using forbidden magic. Her search brings her to Wrath, a prince of Hell she cannot trust and cannot look away from.
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Blood & Honey
Shelby Mahurin · 2020
From the same world: “Witches”
- Witches
With the witch hunts still burning, Lou and Reid flee and try to gather allies against the church. They bargain with people they do not trust and hide a bond more dangerous than any enemy. As the threat grows, Lou senses that the darkness inside her is not as harmless as she believed.
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Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas · 2020
From the same world: “Witches”
- Witches
Yadriel, a trans boy, wants his traditional family to accept him as a brujo. When his initiation goes wrong he raises the ghost of a murdered classmate, and together they search for answers while Yadriel hides the truth from everyone he loves.
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To Kill a Kingdom
Alexandra Christo · 2018
Same genre: “Fantasy romance” and “Young adult fantasy”
- Enemies to Lovers
- Slow Burn
Lira is a siren who takes the heart of a prince each year. When she is punished and turned human, the only way back is to deliver the heart of Prince Elian, a siren hunter who has no idea who she really is. Their journey across the sea turns enemies into something neither of them planned.
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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna · 2022
From the same world: “Witches”
- Witches
- Slow Burn
Mika Moon hides her magic and never lets herself grow close to anyone. When a strange house asks her to teach three young witches, she meets a prickly librarian, a house full of secrets and the possibility of a place that finally feels like home.
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The Shadows Between Us
Tricia Levenseller · 2020
Same genre: “Fantasy romance” and “Young adult fantasy”
- Enemies to Lovers
- Slow Burn
Alessandra will do anything to gain power, including marry the young king and then kill him. The Shadow King, feared and rumoured to have killed his own family, is the perfect target. But court intrigue and unexpected feelings complicate her cold plan, and someone is hunting them both.
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Uprooted
Naomi Novik · 2015
From the same world: “Witches”
Every ten years the wizard known as the Dragon takes one girl from Agnieszka's valley. When he chooses her instead of her best friend, she is carried to his tower, where she discovers a talent for magic, a growing bond with her cold teacher and the corrupted Wood that threatens them all.
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Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston · 2019
Shared in the plot: night, secret
A public spat between the US president's son Alex and Britain's Prince Henry forces their handlers to stage a friendship for the cameras. What starts as reluctant damage control turns into late-night texts and a secret romance that neither man can keep hidden for long.
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A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness · 2011
From the same world: “Witches”
- Witches
Diana Bishop, a historian and reluctant witch, calls up an enchanted manuscript that every creature in Oxford wants. When the vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont offers his help, their alliance defies the laws that keep witches, vampires, and daemons apart.
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The Winner's Curse
Marie Rutkoski · 2014
Same genre: “Young adult fantasy”
- Enemies to Lovers
- Slow Burn
In a city that has conquered and enslaved a neighbouring people, the general's daughter Kestrel buys a defiant young slave named Arin on a whim. He is far more than he seems, and as rebellion stirs in the streets, Kestrel finds her loyalty to her family pulling against everything she feels for him.
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The Wicked King
Holly Black · 2019
Same genre: “Young adult fantasy”
- Enemies to Lovers
- Slow Burn
Jude now controls the throne from behind the scenes, holding Prince Cardan bound to her for a year and a day. Court politics, undersea enemies and her own divided heart threaten the plan. She must keep her grip on power while denying the feelings growing between her and the wicked king she came to despise.