Books like “Rhapsodic”

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

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Wicked Lovely
Melissa Marr · 2007
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
- Fated Mates
Aislinn has always followed the rules for surviving the hidden world of faeries: never draw their attention, never let them know she can see them. Then the Summer King begins to court her, sure she is the queen he has been searching for, while her human friend Seth refuses to let her face the fae alone.
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The Wicked King
Holly Black · 2019
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
- 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.
3
The Cruel Prince
Holly Black · 2018
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
- Slow Burn
Jude was born mortal but was raised in the High Court of Faerie after her parents were killed. Mocked by the fae and drawn to the cruel prince Cardan, she schemes her way into the court's politics, trading secrets and taking dangerous risks to win a place among those who despise her.
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An Enchantment of Ravens
Margaret Rogerson · 2017
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
- Slow Burn
Isobel paints portraits for the fae, whose kind cannot create art themselves. When she paints mortal sorrow into the face of the autumn prince, she commits a crime that could cost her life. He carries her to his court for judgment, and their mutual distrust slowly turns into something forbidden.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas · 2015
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
- Slow Burn
Feyre kills a wolf in the winter woods and is taken to a magical realm as payment. In the Spring Court she learns the land is cursed, and her loathing for its high lord slowly turns into something she never expects.
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A Deal with the Elf King
Elise Kova · 2020
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
- 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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Darkfever
Karen Marie Moning · 2006
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
- Slow Burn
MacKayla Lane travels to Ireland after her sister is murdered and finds she can see the fae, a power that makes her a target. To find the killer and stay alive she turns to Jericho Barrons, a secretive man whose help comes at a price and whose motives she cannot read.
8
Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik · 2018
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
- Slow Burn
Miryem restores her family's moneylending business with a clever tongue, and her boast that she can spin silver into gold reaches the frozen Staryk king. Bound to his winter court, she must use her wits to protect both kingdoms from a bargain that could destroy them.
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The Iron King
Julie Kagawa · 2010
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
On her sixteenth birthday Meghan learns that her little brother has been swapped for a changeling and that the fey are real. To get him back she enters the Nevernever, a dangerous world divided between Summer and Winter courts, where she is drawn to a prince she was raised to fear.
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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Heather Fawcett · 2023
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
- Slow Burn
Emily Wilde, a prickly scholar of faerie folklore, travels to a frozen northern village to finish her encyclopaedia. Her charming colleague Wendell follows, and the two must bargain with the hidden folk whose mischief binds the village -- and Emily herself -- to an old tale.
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Stardust
Neil Gaiman · 1999
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
A young man promises to retrieve a fallen star for the girl he loves and crosses a wall into the land of Faerie. There he finds the star is a woman pursued by witches and princes, and his errand becomes a journey of its own.
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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
Axie Oh · 2022
Similar plot moves: “Fated Mates” and “Slow Burn”
- Fated Mates
- 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.