The Story of Saiunkoku: Similar romance series

The Folk of the Air

by Holly Black

4.15 · 2924 ratings

m-f · dark · urban fantasy · fantasy · magic · royalty · fae · young adult · contemporary · audiobook · betrayal · non-human-hero · first-person-pov · high fantasy · vengeance · angst · independent heroine · dangerous heroine · from hate to love · abuse

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Vampire Academy

by Richelle Mead

4.15 · 2151 ratings

fantasy · young adult · paranormal · vampires · magic · contemporary · urban fantasy · age difference · behind-doors · strong heroine · bad boys · independent heroine · dangerous heroine · mystery · usa · death · gifted heroine · royalty · sassy heroine · forbidden love

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An Ember in the Ashes

by Sabaa Tahir

4.18 · 736 ratings

war · high fantasy · dystopian · fantasy · young adult · military · dark · class difference · dual-pov · strong heroine · male-pov · magic · paranormal · competent heroine · warrior-heroine · fighters · angst · tortured hero · slow burn · mystery

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Cursebreakers

by Brigid Kemmerer

3.89 · 345 ratings

class difference · from hate to love · royalty · young adult · political-intrigue · paranormal · urban fantasy · dual-pov · found-family · contemporary · m-f · audiobook · monsters · witches · fantasy · magic · high fantasy · war · male-pov · forced proximity

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The Wrath and the Dawn

by Renée Ahdieh

3.89 · 497 ratings

legends & fairy tales · royalty · young adult · fantasy · historical · magic · ancient times · paranormal · length-novella · political-intrigue · south asian · length-long · tortured hero · angst · vengeance · strong heroine · third-person-pov · multicultural · war · cold hero

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The Winner's Trilogy

by Marie Rutkoski

4.03 · 388 ratings

dystopian · fantasy · strong heroine · third-person-pov · dual-pov · sweet-hero · angst · high fantasy · military · war · medieval · political-intrigue · young adult · competent heroine · suspense · m-f · audiobook · new adult · royalty · from hate to love

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The Books of Bayern

by Shannon Hale

3.97 · 296 ratings

historical · legends & fairy tales · magic · clean · glimpses-kisses · medieval · fantasy · third-person-pov · paranormal · young adult · contemporary · m-f · audiobook · gifted heroine · royalty · witches · war · mystery · high fantasy · fighters

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Red Winter Trilogy

by Annette Marie

4.44 · 215 ratings

from hate to love · sweet heroine · forbidden love · new adult · shapeshifters · gifted heroine · urban fantasy · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · young adult · slow burn · paranormal · third-person-pov · mystery · fantasy · competent heroine · age difference · bad boys · virgin heroine

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Court of Midnight and Deception

by K.M. Shea

4.13 · 174 ratings

magic · wisconsin · werewolves · usa · fantasy · humor · monsters · independent heroine · male-pov · clean · non-human-heroine · witches · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · political-intrigue · young adult · paranormal · competent heroine · royalty

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Mousai

by E.J. Mellow

4.09 · 138 ratings

cold hero · tortured hero · high fantasy · third-person-pov · strong heroine · dual-pov · independent heroine · fantasy · historical · magic · gifted heroine · new adult · competent heroine · political-intrigue · young adult · m-f · audiobook · explicit-open-door · dark · aristocratic heroine

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Defy

by Sara B. Larson

3.71 · 178 ratings

fantasy · paranormal · young adult · dystopian · length-medium · magic · war · audiobook · royalty · other-man-woman · love triangle · glimpses-kisses · political-intrigue · m-f · contemporary · bodyguard-heroine · class difference · high fantasy · abduction · boss & employee

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Shadow of the Fox

by Julie Kagawa

4.04 · 132 ratings

young adult · high fantasy · east-asia · fantasy · from hate to love · independent heroine · shapeshifters · japan · m-f · audiobook · magic · east-asian-mc · length-long · legends & fairy tales · demons · paranormal · competent heroine · non-human-heroine · strong heroine · asia

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The Storm Dragons' Mate

by M. Sinclair

4.06 · 175 ratings

hurt-comfort · reverse harem · fated-mates · independent heroine · male-pov · fantasy · forced proximity · mystery · misogyny · m-f-m · werewolves · magic · new adult · shapeshifters · royalty · dragon shifter · suspense · paranormal · political-intrigue · contemporary

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Stariel

by A.J. Lancaster

4.16 · 200 ratings

fantasy · magic · historical · fae · royalty · sweet-hero · third-person-pov · independent heroine · sassy heroine · gifted heroine · m-f · found-family · paranormal · political-intrigue · mental-trauma · friends to lovers · dual-pov · strong heroine · misogyny · past-abuse

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The Apothecary Diaries (Manga by Nekokurage) / Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

by Nekokurage

4.56 · 463 ratings

young adult · historical · length-short · mystery · fantasy · political-intrigue · slow burn · class difference · royalty · competent heroine · glimpses-kisses · plain heroine · m-f · humor · grumpy sunshine · east-asian-mc · virgin heroine · poor heroine · heroine sleuth · cold heroine

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Vampire Academy: The Graphic Novel

by Richelle Mead

4.22 · 113 ratings

bodyguard-hero · paranormal · young adult · political-intrigue · bodyguard-heroine · strong heroine · m-f · audiobook · urban fantasy · vampires · royalty · sassy heroine · death · first-person-pov · magic · virgin heroine · independent heroine · non-hea · age difference · fantasy

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ボーイズ・ラン・ザ・ライオット [Boys Run the Riot]

by Keito Gaku

4.30 · 87 ratings

queer · contemporary · young adult · high-school · shy-hero · lgbtqia hate · east-asia · cheerful heroine · glimpses-kisses · japan · cold hero · length-short · trans-hero · east-asian-mc · m-f · asia · friends to lovers · sassy heroine · age difference · angst

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Dragon Crown

by G. Bailey

3.95 · 129 ratings

fantasy · reverse harem · fated-mates · magic · from hate to love · shapeshifters · m-f · poly · paranormal · war · first-person-pov · non-human-hero · angst · death · length-medium · royalty · new adult · non-human-heroine · dragon shifter · aristocratic heroine

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Lord and Lady Hetheridge

by Emma Jameson

3.81 · 59 ratings

boss & employee · sassy heroine · british-isles · past-child-neglect · working class hero · united-kingdom · poor heroine · cold hero · third-person-pov · slow burn · strong heroine · men in uniform · sweet-hero · class difference · angst · sweet heroine · friends to lovers · silver-fox · death · length-short

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Four Ways to Fate

by Sara C. Roethle

4.09 · 65 ratings

urban fantasy · fantasy · magic · paranormal · competent heroine · first-person-pov · mystery · monsters · reverse harem · fae · gifted heroine · m-f · poly · audiobook · bodyguard-hero · cheerful heroine · possessive hero · insta-love · non-human-hero · mental-trauma

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