20 best-selling fantasy books like Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1) by Natasha Bowen

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Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

By: Natasha Bowen

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A way to survive.A way to serve.A way to save. Simi prayed to the gods, once. Now she serves the…

"Do not be ashamed of who you are."

-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

"Do not be ashamed of who you are."

-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

"When you pull back the skin of the sea, you never know what you will find."

-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

"When you pull back the skin of the sea, you never know what you will find."

-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

If you liked the fantasy plot in Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1) by Natasha Bowen , here is a list of 20 books like this:

1. Children of Blood and Bone

By: Tomi Adeyemi

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Zelie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orisha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders b… read more

Similar categories in Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

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2. The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)

By: Namina Forna

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

It's been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera and discovered … read more

Similar categories in Namina Forna's The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"She herself threw other girls on the metaphorical and even physical pyre. I should be used to it now, the way women sometimes betray other women, the way they align themselves with men, if only to gu…"

-Namina Forna, The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)

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3. The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

By: Namina Forna

4.00

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whet… read more

Similar categories in Namina Forna's The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"He's crying as he kills me"

-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

"No matter my origins, there is worth in what I am."

-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

"It's the ritual that gives legitimacy to the murder."

-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

"Never forget: the same gift they praise you for now, they will kill you for later."

-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

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4. Beasts of Prey (Beasts of Prey, #1)

By: Ayana Gray

3.96

Format: 474 pages, Hardcover

Magic doesn't exist in the broken city of Lkossa anymore, especially for girls like sixteen-year-ol… read more

Similar categories in Ayana Gray's Beasts of Prey (Beasts of Prey, #1) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"I know I'm too much, but I don't know how to be less."

-Ayana Gray, Beasts of Prey (Beasts of Prey, #1)

"Nightmares hunt like beasts of prey, vanquished in the light of day."

-Ayana Gray, Beasts of Prey (Beasts of Prey, #1)

"Face it,' Koffi said firmly. 'Don't run from it anymore.' 'I don't know how to face it'. [Ekon] 'Acknowledge what happened,' she murmured. 'What really happened. And then forgive yourself for it."

-Ayana Gray, Beasts of Prey (Beasts of Prey, #1)

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5. Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic, #1)

By: Liselle Sambury

3.97

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An urban fantasy debut following a teen witch who is given a horrifying task: sacrificing her first… read more

Similar categories in Liselle Sambury's Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic, #1) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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6. Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

By: Jordan Ifueko

4.33

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Tarisai has always longed for the warmth of a family. She was raised in isolation by a mysterious, … read more

Similar categories in Jordan Ifueko's Raybearer (Raybearer, #1) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Didn't I tell you a bath would help?"

-Jordan Ifueko, Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

"Some demons could not be soothed by any lullaby."

-Jordan Ifueko, Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

"You have never worried me, daughter. You have only disappointed."

-Jordan Ifueko, Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

"And the more I learn, the farther I feel. I don’t know where home is anymore."

-Jordan Ifueko, Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

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7. This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, #2)

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

How much would you risk to save the ones you love? Would you tempt even the most dangerous fate? … read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, #2) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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8. This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1)

By: Kalynn Bayron

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a … read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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9. Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha, #2)

By: Tomi Adeyemi

3.89

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the… read more

Similar categories in Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha, #2) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Life is more complicated than right and wrong"

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha, #2)

"For power, acceptance, sometimes we do what we never thought we would"

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha, #2)

"Baba followed me in and lifted his head to the sky. It was like he could taste the sun."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha, #2)

"Despite all the pain he caused, I didn't know how to breathe without my brother in this world."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha, #2)

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10. Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)

By: Tracy Deonn

4.32

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The shadows have risen, and the line is law. All Bree wanted was to uncover the truth behind he… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Deonn's Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"No!"

-Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)

"Dwi yn,"

-Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)

"We had faith,"

-Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)

"Come back, Bree. Come back to us."

-Tracy Deonn, Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)

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11. Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

By: Natasha Bowen

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A way to survive.A way to serve.A way to save. Simi prayed to the gods, once. Now she serves the… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • mermaids
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"Do not be ashamed of who you are."

-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

"When you pull back the skin of the sea, you never know what you will find."

-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

"Simidele. Listen to me. I know you will make things right. What is done is done. We cannot change the past, only learn from it. What happens next is up to you."

-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

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12. Beasts of War

By: Ayana Gray

4.01

Format: 442 pages, Hardcover

In this epic conclusion to her New York Times bestselling series, Ayana Gray delivers a heart-pound… read more

Similar categories in Ayana Gray's Beasts of War book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ivory Key (The Ivory Key Duology, #1) by Akshaya Raman

13. The Ivory Key (The Ivory Key Duology, #1)

By: Akshaya Raman

3.73

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Magic, a prized resource, is the only thing between peace and war. When magic runs out, four estran… read more

Similar categories in Akshaya Raman's The Ivory Key (The Ivory Key Duology, #1) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"My mother used to say that once you've made a choice, you have to act as though it's been made forever. But I don't know if I believe that's true. Our lives aren't decided by one choice, but by a ser…"

-Akshaya Raman, The Ivory Key (The Ivory Key Duology, #1)

Cover of Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1) by Analeigh Sbrana

14. Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1)

By: Analeigh Sbrana

3.35

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

A stunning Romantasy debut about an enchanted library, two handsome Fae, and one human who brings t… read more

Similar categories in Analeigh Sbrana's Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Ballad & Dagger (Outlaw Saints, #1) by Daniel José Older

15. Ballad & Dagger (Outlaw Saints, #1)

By: Daniel José Older

3.75

Format: 359 pages, ebook

A YA urban fantasy about two teens who discover each other while fighting for their diaspora commun… read more

Similar categories in Daniel José Older's Ballad & Dagger (Outlaw Saints, #1) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"One lie will bring the whole house of lies crashing down."

-Daniel José Older, Ballad & Dagger (Outlaw Saints, #1)

"They hate me. I am 100 percent positive that everything Gerval just said is only giving voice to what they’ve all been thinking this whole time."

-Daniel José Older, Ballad & Dagger (Outlaw Saints, #1)

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16. The Eternal Ones (Deathless, #3)

By: Namina Forna

3.94

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

The dazzling finale to the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling Gilded Ones series. One girl … read more

Similar categories in Namina Forna's The Eternal Ones (Deathless, #3) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) by Tracy Deonn

17. Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)

By: Tracy Deonn

4.34

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her f… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Deonn's Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Oh, sure,"

-Tracy Deonn, Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)

"It’s college,"

-Tracy Deonn, Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)

"Where do we begin?"

-Tracy Deonn, Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)

"Sometimes a crime is an act of heroism."

-Tracy Deonn, Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)

Cover of Beasts of Ruin (Beasts of Prey, #2) by Ayana Gray

18. Beasts of Ruin (Beasts of Prey, #2)

By: Ayana Gray

4.10

Format: 461 pages, Hardcover

In this much anticipated follow up to New York Times bestselling Beasts of Prey, Koffi’s powers gro… read more

Similar categories in Ayana Gray's Beasts of Ruin (Beasts of Prey, #2) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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19. Blood at the Root

By: LaDarrion Williams

4.05

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A teenager on the run from his past finds the family he never knew existed and the community he nev… read more

Similar categories in LaDarrion Williams's Blood at the Root book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3) by Tomi Adeyemi

20. Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

By: Tomi Adeyemi

3.49

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

New allies rise. The Blood Moon nears. Zélie faces her final enemy. The king who hunts her heart… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Do not pray to be saved; pray to be reborn."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

"I like hearing your people call out to your gods- they never seem to come."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

"I teach you to be warriors in the garden, so that you may never be gardeners in a war."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

Cover of Blood Like Fate (Blood Like Magic, #2) by Liselle Sambury

21. Blood Like Fate (Blood Like Magic, #2)

By: Liselle Sambury

4.31

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Voya fights to save her witch community from a terrible future.Voya Thomas may have passed her Call… read more

Similar categories in Liselle Sambury's Blood Like Fate (Blood Like Magic, #2) book and Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

20 Best fiction books like Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1) by Natasha Bowen

Transform Your Habits

The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)

Namina Forna

3.90

Transform Your Habits

The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

Namina Forna

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Beasts of Prey (Beasts of Prey, #1)

Ayana Gray

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic, #1)

Liselle Sambury

3.97

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21 Top fiction books like Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) by Tracy Deonn

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One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)

Rachel Gillig

4.30

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Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)

Rachel Gillig

4.44

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Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

Rebecca Ross

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

Rebecca Ross

4.05

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