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What to read after “These Violent Delights” by Chloe Gong: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross · 2023
Same genre: “Young adult fantasy” and “Historical fantasy”
- Star-Crossed Lovers
- Enemies to Lovers
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 Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2017
Similar plot moves: “Second Chance Romance” and “Star-Crossed Lovers”
A young magazine reporter is chosen to write the life story of a fading film star, Evelyn Hugo. Over days of interviews Evelyn reveals seven marriages, a long-hidden love and the cost of the fame she built.
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Hush, Hush
Becca Fitzpatrick · 2009
Similar plot moves: “Star-Crossed Lovers” and “Forbidden Love”
Nora Grey keeps her head down until her biology partner, the aloof Patch, starts appearing wherever she goes. He knows too much, says too little, and seems to want her for reasons he will not name. Falling for him means choosing a side in a fallen angel's ancient struggle.
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The Winner's Curse
Marie Rutkoski · 2014
Same genre: “Young adult fantasy”
- Enemies to Lovers
- Forbidden Love
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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Sky in the Deep
Adrienne Young · 2018
Same genre: “Young adult fantasy”
- Enemies to Lovers
- Forbidden Love
Eelyn is a warrior of the Aska clan, raised to fight the rival Riki in a war older than anyone remembers. Captured and forced to live among her enemies, she begins to see them as people, and finds herself drawn to a young man she was always taught to kill.
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The Wolf and the Woodsman
Ava Reid · 2021
Same genre: “Historical fantasy”
- Enemies to Lovers
- Forbidden Love
Évike is the only woman in her pagan village with no magic, and her people treat her as an outcast. When the kingdom's holy warriors demand a sacrifice, she is handed to their one-eyed captain, a monster-hunter her village hates. To survive the winter forest, the two must rely on each other despite everything between them.
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The Shadows Between Us
Tricia Levenseller · 2020
Same genre: “Young adult fantasy” and “Fantasy romance”
- Enemies to Lovers
- Morally Grey Character
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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To Kill a Kingdom
Alexandra Christo · 2018
Same genre: “Young adult fantasy” and “Fantasy romance”
- Enemies to Lovers
- Morally Grey Character
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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An Enchantment of Ravens
Margaret Rogerson · 2017
Same genre: “Young adult fantasy”
- Star-Crossed Lovers
- Forbidden Love
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.
10
The Co-op
Tarah DeWitt · 2022
Similar plot moves: “Second Chance Romance” and “Enemies to Lovers”
- Second Chance Romance
- Enemies to Lovers
LaRynn and Deacon married young, divorced, and hoped never to see each other again. When they inherit a crumbling building that must be renovated before it can be sold, they are stuck working side by side and confronting why they failed the first time.
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Fallen
Lauren Kate · 2009
Same genre: “Young adult fantasy”
- Star-Crossed Lovers
- Forbidden Love
After a boy dies in a fire she cannot explain, Lucinda is sent to Sword & Cross, a bleak reform school in Savannah. There she is drawn to Daniel, a distant student she somehow knows. The shadows she has seen since childhood, and Daniel's secrets, point to a love older than her life.
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Kingdom of the Wicked
Kerri Maniscalco · 2020
Similar plot moves: “Enemies to Lovers” and “Forbidden Love”
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.