20 Best fantasy books like Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1) by Mai Corland

Cover of Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1) by Mai Corland

Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

By: Mai Corland

3.84

Format: 474 pages, Hardcover

It’s the season for treason… The king of Yusan must die. The five most dangerous liars in th…

"In short: I'm awake, hungry, and doomed. -Sora"

-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

"I hoped. And hope is a jagged knife. Hope pieces together dreams out of broken glass only for reality to come and smash them all over again. Hope is the cruelest punishment of them all."

-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

"When Yuri said it was a girl, I hoped. And hope is a jagged knife. Hope pieces together dreams out of broken glass only for reality to come and smash them all over again. Hope is the cruelest punishment of them all. Because without hope, I know: it’s not her, you fool. It can’t be. It can never be. Because I killed her."

-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

If you liked the fantasy plot in Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1) by Mai Corland , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

1. The Familiar

By: Leigh Bardugo

3.84

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishavers… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Bardugo's The Familiar book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman witha pen in her hand."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"She was allowed to want more for herself. And even if she wasn't, she would find a way to get it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"And you're not afraid...of the devil? Of his minions? "Fear men, Luzia," he said. "Fear their ambition and the crimes they commit in its service. But don't fear magic or what you may do with it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

Cover of Sweet Nightmare (The Calder Academy, #1) by Tracy Wolff

2. Sweet Nightmare (The Calder Academy, #1)

By: Tracy Wolff

3.66

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The scariest school on earth Is about to experience real fear… Most schools are about being the… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Wolff's Sweet Nightmare (The Calder Academy, #1) book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) by S.T. Gibson

3. Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

By: S.T. Gibson

3.66

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

The Devil knows your name, David Aristarkhov. As a teen, David Aristarkhov was a psychic prodig… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"He looked as he always did: slightly underfed, terminally scholastic, and two weeks overdue for a haircut."

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

"She didn't quite share her husband's passion for antiquarian books, but she understood it. She understood that if you cracked Rhys open, he would probably have paperback pages inside him instead of o…"

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

Cover of Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth #1) by Kristen Ciccarelli

4. Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth #1)

By: Kristen Ciccarelli

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

On the night Rune’s life changed forever, blood ran in the streets. Now, in the aftermath of a deva… read more

Similar categories in Kristen Ciccarelli's Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth #1) book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I hate you, Gideon Sharpe. I hate you so much, it hurts. And if you don’t open this door, i"

-Kristen Ciccarelli, Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth #1)

Cover of A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1) by Hafsah Faizal

5. A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

By: Hafsah Faizal

3.57

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Why save the world when you can have tea? On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a c… read more

Similar categories in Hafsah Faizal's A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1) book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Every good love story starts with a bullet to the heart."

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

"We understand what it's like to grieve with fire and not tears."

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

"It was hard not to watch Arthie Casimir. The way she worked and schemed, at times as still as stone, other times as restless as a bee. For the most part, Arthie obscured her femininity. She was, afte…"

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

Cover of A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1) by Danielle L. Jensen

6. A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

By: Danielle L. Jensen

3.99

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king—while also … read more

Similar categories in Danielle L. Jensen's A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1) book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You are mine, Born-in-Fire. Even if only the two of us know it."

-Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

"You don't attack the strong when you're weak, Freya. You bide your time."

-Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

"I will be at your back until I cross the threshold to Valhalla, Born-in-Fire, whether you want me there or not."

-Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

"Letting go of my hand, he reached up to touch my face, thumb brushing across the line Vragi’s knife had left on my cheek. “Where is your husband?" What makes you think I’m wed?"

-Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

Cover of When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1) by Sarah A. Parker

7. When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)

By: Sarah A. Parker

4.13

Format: 718 pages, Kindle Edition

The Creators did not expect their beloved dragons to sail skyward upon their end. To curl into ball… read more

Similar categories in Sarah A. Parker's When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1) book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Who’s that?"

-Sarah A. Parker, When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)

"I see you, Raeve …"

-Sarah A. Parker, When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)

"Any lost opportunity to worship you is a tragedy."

-Sarah A. Parker, When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)

"... I certainly didn't ask for. But here we fucking are."

-Sarah A. Parker, When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)

Cover of Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier

8. Dragonfruit

By: Makiia Lucier

3.89

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythol… read more

Similar categories in Makiia Lucier's Dragonfruit book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Sam was quiet. Sometimes it was hard to look at her"

-Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

"sam was quiet, sometimes it hurt to look at her and know at closely they had come to missing one another"

-Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

"May Taga find your spirit and guide you home to the sea beyond. In clear water where danger will never catch you. Among the coral and caves where the bounty is full. Alongside your ancestors and thei…"

-Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

Cover of Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2) by Brynne Weaver

9. Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)

By: Brynne Weaver

4.03

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all ab… read more

Similar categories in Brynne Weaver's Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2) book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"A snow globe,"

-Brynne Weaver, Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)

"I’m more like a multiple deleter."

-Brynne Weaver, Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)

"...being in love is not enoug. Choosing love is what it takes."

-Brynne Weaver, Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)

"Just like nature, the prettiest things are often the most poisonous."

-Brynne Weaver, Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)

Cover of Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1) by Callie Hart

10. Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1)

By: Callie Hart

4.46

Format: 588 pages, ebook

Do not touch the sword.Do not turn the key.Do not open the gate.In the land of the unforgiving dese… read more

Similar categories in Callie Hart's Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1) book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Heavenbreaker by Sara Wolf

11. Heavenbreaker

By: Sara Wolf

3.72

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Preorder now and receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last―featuring gorgeous… read more

Similar categories in Sara Wolf's Heavenbreaker book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1) by Mai Corland

12. Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

By: Mai Corland

3.84

Format: 474 pages, Hardcover

It’s the season for treason… The king of Yusan must die. The five most dangerous liars in th… read more

Similar categories in Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1) book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"In short: I'm awake, hungry, and doomed. -Sora"

-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

"I hoped. And hope is a jagged knife. Hope pieces together dreams out of broken glass only for reality to come and smash them all over again. Hope is the cruelest punishment of them all."

-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

"When Yuri said it was a girl, I hoped. And hope is a jagged knife. Hope pieces together dreams out of broken glass only for reality to come and smash them all over again. Hope is the cruelest punishm…"

-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

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13. When Among Crows

By: Veronica Roth

3.73

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

When Among Crows is swift and striking, drawing from the deep well of Slavic folklore and asking if… read more

Similar categories in Veronica Roth's When Among Crows book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I don't find it painful to be ordinary."

-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows

"He pinches one of the petals and breaks it away from the flower. It doesn't feel like it's as powerful as it is, but maybe that's just how powerful things are- like the zmory, like Baba Jaga herself,…"

-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows

Cover of The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2) by Tricia Levenseller

14. The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2)

By: Tricia Levenseller

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Chrysantha Stathos has won. By hiding her intelligence and ambition behind the mask of a beautif… read more

Similar categories in Tricia Levenseller's The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2) book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I know you have options." "And those options will be taken away the second I marry. I will be beholden to my husband." "But you will be wealthy." "Is that what you'd choose? Bondage over freedom for …"

-Tricia Levenseller, The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2)

Cover of The Wren in the Holly Library by K.A. Linde

15. The Wren in the Holly Library

By: K.A. Linde

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Can you love the dark when you know what it hides? Some things aren’t supposed to exist outside … read more

Similar categories in K.A. Linde's The Wren in the Holly Library book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

16. The Lost Story

By: Meg Shaffer

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale fo… read more

Similar categories in Meg Shaffer's The Lost Story book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

17. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

18. The Spellshop

By: Sarah Beth Durst

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut–a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbo… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Beth Durst's The Spellshop book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We can only control what we do and hope that other people make the right choice."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"She was lonely, and she wanted someone to love. She made me out of love, and the empire destroyed her for it."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"There was something so very beautiful about a notebook without a single note in it. It felt like touching pure potential."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"I hope you know what you're doing" Caz said as he returned. "I absolutely do not know what I'm doing. I thought that was clear?"

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

Cover of Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2) by Lauren  Roberts

19. Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2)

By: Lauren Roberts

4.09

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

The kingdom of Ilya is in turmoil… After surviving the Purging Trials, Ordinary-born Paedyn Gra… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Roberts's Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2) book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Tell me you hate me, and I'll still count every heartbeat, every freckle, every shiver of your body, if only you say it with a smile."

-Lauren Roberts, Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2)

"I'd be a fool to not fear something so fierce." I swallow. "And are you not? A fool, that is." He stands then, holding my gaze until he's the one looking down on me. "Not anymore."

-Lauren Roberts, Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2)

"I may be a monster, but if you cut me, I'll bleed. And if you break my heart, Pae, you'll break me. So, if even a sliver of your soul longs for mine, I'll spend the rest of my life trying to deserve …"

-Lauren Roberts, Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2)

"You asked me what my favorite color was once. I'd never even pondered the answer to that question before you. And yet, I realized in that moment that it was blue." He bends to brush a kiss to my temp…"

-Lauren Roberts, Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2)

Cover of The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1) by K.X. Song

20. The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

By: K.X. Song

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Infused with magic and romance, this sweeping fantasy adventure inspired by the legend of Mulan fol… read more

Similar categories in K.X. Song's The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1) book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"She swallowed hard. 'They would never let a woman hold on to power."

-K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

"They say a girl with an ill-fated mother is doomed to follow in her footsteps."

-K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

"I needed to prove that I, as a woman, could be better than the rest of them. That I too could belong. That I too could be free."

-K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

"Because it was depravity, for a woman to desire more than her lot in life. To aspire to more than safety, protection. To aspire to power ."

-K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

Cover of Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2) by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

21. Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)

By: Hannah Nicole Maehrer

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN―featuring spray-painted edges, while supplies last in the US and Canada onl… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Nicole Maehrer's Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2) book and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"There had to be a rule somewhere that evil overlords needed to be at least fifty, maybe sixty if they were pushing it."

-Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)

"Sometimes family isn't a thing we are born into but a choice we make. Sometimes" -Evie smiled-"the people who love ypu most in your life are the ones who choose you."

-Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)

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