Books like “The Wrath and the Dawn”

What to read after “The Wrath and the Dawn” by Renée Ahdieh: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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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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Rebel of the Sands
Alwyn Hamilton · 2016
Same genre: “Young adult fantasy”
- Desert World
- Slow Burn
Amani Al'Hiza lives in Dustwalk, a dead-end desert town, and hides two things: she can shoot like a legend, and she is half djinn. Refusing a blackmail marriage and a future in Dustwalk, she disguises herself and joins a stranger heading into the desert, where a rebellion is gathering.
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The Stardust Thief
Chelsea Abdullah · 2022
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Desert World
- Mythology Retelling
Loulie al-Nazari, the Midnight Merchant, trades in jinn relics with her jinn bodyguard Qadir. When the sultan forces her into a search for a lost lamp, she must cross a desert of jinn, thieves and old stories, where the line between merchant and prey keeps shifting.
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The Shadows Between Us
Tricia Levenseller · 2020
Same genre: “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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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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A Touch of Darkness
Scarlett St. Clair · 2019
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
- Enemies to Lovers
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 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.
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The Darkest Night
Gena Showalter · 2008
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- 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.
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Legendborn
Tracy Deonn · 2020
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
After her mother's death, Bree Matthews joins an early college program at UNC and witnesses a demon attack that no one else remembers. Pulled into a secret society descended from King Arthur's knights, she hunts for the truth behind the magic that erased her memory.
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Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross · 2023
Same genre: “Young adult fantasy”
- Enemies to Lovers
- Slow Burn
With the gods at war, two young journalists compete for the same columnist post at a dying newspaper. Iris hides her family's troubles, and Roman, her rival, seems to have everything. When anonymous letters begin to pass between them, neither suspects who is writing on the other side.
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The Cruel Prince
Holly Black · 2018
Same genre: “Young adult fantasy”
- Enemies to Lovers
- 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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Gild
Raven Kennedy · 2020
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
- Slow Burn
Auren has been King Midas's gilded favourite for years, kept in a golden cage and told she is safe there. Cruelty and control shape every part of her life, and she believes she has no other choice. Then a new king arrives at the castle, and the cracks in her golden world begin to widen.