21 Best fantasy books like Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1) by Chloe Gong

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Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

By: Chloe Gong

3.53

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

Every year, thousands in the kingdom of Talin will flock to its capital twin cities, San-Er, where …

"This is tenderness. And she is more afraid of it than anything else"

-Chloe Gong, Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

"Given Anton's childhood, a natural assumption would be that he couldn't handle bloodshed. But blood is faultless. Blood is only a consequence. Better to draw blood before it can be drawn from you; better to exert power and hold control- to seize power and maintain control."

-Chloe Gong, Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

If you liked the fantasy plot in Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1) by Chloe Gong , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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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 Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical 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 Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane, #1) by Cassandra Clare

2. Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane, #1)

By: Cassandra Clare

3.80

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, the richest of nobles and the most debauched of criminals … read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Clare's Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane, #1) book and Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Here is the thing you should know about children,"

-Cassandra Clare, Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane, #1)

"Falconet may be a bit mad." "All the best people are."

-Cassandra Clare, Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane, #1)

"But it is said by the sages that he who desires all, loses all."

-Cassandra Clare, Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane, #1)

"I really don't care that much about retaining the moral high ground."

-Cassandra Clare, Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane, #1)

Cover of A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1) by Ava Reid

3. A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

By: Ava Reid

3.78

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood… read more

Similar categories in Ava Reid's A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1) book and Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy romance
"The only enemy is the sea."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"No one owns the right to tell a story."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"I find you very charming underneath all the smugness."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"The sea is treacherous, but women are even more treacherous."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

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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 Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • 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 Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • 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 Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • 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)

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7. Starling House

By: Alix E. Harrow

3.83

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town haunted by secrets that ca… read more

Similar categories in Alix E. Harrow's Starling House book and Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You’re a pretty good liar"

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"Survival is a hard habit to break."

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"Maybe the truth is always messy that way."

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"the Bible only got it half right: there were demons aplenty, but no fire at all"

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

Cover of Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1) by Kika Hatzopoulou

8. Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1)

By: Kika Hatzopoulou

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, a descendant of the Greek Fates mus… read more

Similar categories in Kika Hatzopoulou's Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1) book and Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Three bodies, one soul. You go when your sisters need you. No questions asked."

-Kika Hatzopoulou, Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1)

"Tolerating wickedness can ensure your survival - but also cause a feeling of slow death."

-Kika Hatzopoulou, Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1)

"Because what is art, what is inspiration, if not the deepest, darkest secrets of the artist?"

-Kika Hatzopoulou, Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1)

"Io you need to go now," he breathed, eyes large and fearful. "And I promise, the moment I'm better. I'll come find you" "How?" she asked, the word breaking into a sob. How would he ever find her in t…"

-Kika Hatzopoulou, Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1)

Cover of Faebound (Faebound, #1) by Saara El-Arifi

9. Faebound (Faebound, #1)

By: Saara El-Arifi

3.61

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FINAL STRIFE, comes an enchanting new trilogy. D… read more

Similar categories in Saara El-Arifi's Faebound (Faebound, #1) book and Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The City of Stardust by Georgia  Summers

10. The City of Stardust

By: Georgia Summers

3.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A young woman descends into a seductive magical underworld of power-hungry scholars, fickle gods an… read more

Similar categories in Georgia Summers's The City of Stardust book and Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1) by Thea Guanzon

11. The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1)

By: Thea Guanzon

3.66

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

The heart is a battlefield. All Talasyn has ever known is the Hurricane Wars. Growing up an orp… read more

Similar categories in Thea Guanzon's The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1) book and Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I did it,"

-Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1)

"And what, pray tell, are you still doing here?"

-Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1)

"She bristled. “You are my consort. You don’t get to order me around."

-Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1)

"Yes, he's dead, the fool," sighed Daya Odish. "What a pity, I will miss him."

-Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1)

Cover of Shanghai Immortal (Shanghai Immortal, #1) by A.Y. Chao

12. Shanghai Immortal (Shanghai Immortal, #1)

By: A.Y. Chao

3.38

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Pawned by her mother to the King of Hell as a child, Lady Jing is half-vampire, half-hulijing fox-s… read more

Similar categories in A.Y. Chao's Shanghai Immortal (Shanghai Immortal, #1) book and Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Try no to die, okay? I've become rather fond of you. "I'm very hard to kill," I murmur."

-A.Y. Chao, Shanghai Immortal (Shanghai Immortal, #1)

"You named two of the' – he clears his throat – 'fiercest creatures of legend, Cutie and Puffy?"

-A.Y. Chao, Shanghai Immortal (Shanghai Immortal, #1)

"The next morning I am rudely awakened by cocks crowing. A lot of cocks crowing. I yank the quilt over my head and try to smother the hoarse, braying sounds. It sounds like a whole flock of cocks has …"

-A.Y. Chao, Shanghai Immortal (Shanghai Immortal, #1)

Cover of Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1) by Nicki Pau Preto

13. Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

By: Nicki Pau Preto

4.21

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

Gideon the Ninth meets the Game of Thrones White Walkers in this dark young adult fantasy about a d… read more

Similar categories in Nicki Pau Preto's Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1) book and Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We go in," Wren said with more confidence than she felt. But that, she had learned, was the way confidence worked."

-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

"You thought standing in his shadow was cold while he was alive, but standing in the shadow of his martyrdom is colder, isn't it?"

-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

"You thought standing in his shadow was cold while he was alive, but standing in the shadow of his martyrdom is colder, isn’t it?"

-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

"He wasn’t disappointed or hurt. He was livid. Let him be. She’d take the rage of the living over the silence of the dead any day."

-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

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14. Masters of Death

By: Olivie Blake

3.73

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

From Olivie Blake, the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes Masters of Death, a… read more

Similar categories in Olivie Blake's Masters of Death book and Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It is to win against your demons, he said, and therefore gain mastery of yourself"

-Olivie Blake, Masters of Death

"Brandt Solberg had never been a good man, but what did that matter? Fox hadn't fallen in love with his goodness."

-Olivie Blake, Masters of Death

"Wait a minute. Did you just offer me a bite of an immortal apple?" "I did." "Why?" "Seemed rude not to." "That's an insane thing to say." "Well, we all have our flaws."

-Olivie Blake, Masters of Death

"I don't care if it's love between them or not," one says, "that shouldn't change anything." "You care about nothing," the second chides the first. "I'm not built to care," the first says, "only to la…"

-Olivie Blake, Masters of Death

Cover of What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1) by Isabel Ibañez

15. What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)

By: Isabel Ibañez

3.90

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Bue… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Ibañez's What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1) book and Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Is this it, Whit?"

-Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)

Cover of The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1) by Kylie Lee Baker

16. The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

By: Kylie Lee Baker

4.06

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold a… read more

Similar categories in Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1) book and Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Your ducks weren't rude to me. I don't want to eat them." "I do." Yufei whispered..."

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"I am offended,"" he said, making a show of crossing his arms and turning away. ""I may forgive you if you kiss me, though."

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"Ahead of us, a man was pulling a cart of cabbages out into the street. I grabbed three chunks of amethyst in one hand and slammed my other palm into the cart. It burst in to wood splinters, cabbage l…"

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"Uncle Fan had busied himself making lots of míngqì to bury them with—soft baby lambs and tiny ponies and wise teachers. They will be well taken care of, where they’re going, he’d said. My cousins gre…"

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

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

17. 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 Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • 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)

Cover of Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

18. Ink Blood Sister Scribe

By: Emma Törzs

4.03

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this spellbinding debut novel, two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's li… read more

Similar categories in Emma Törzs's Ink Blood Sister Scribe book and Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Cold was easier to bear when you'd never been warm."

-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

"Secrets were currency and Isabel intended to stay rich."

-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

"Nothing could be worse than being stared at by his own eye."

-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

"...the closet of her sexual subconscious was full of petticoats."

-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

Cover of The Curse of Saints (The Curse of the Saints, #1) by Kate Dramis

19. The Curse of Saints (The Curse of the Saints, #1)

By: Kate Dramis

3.73

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Has she been sent to save the realm or destroy it? As Spymaster to the Queen, Aya's blood oath e… read more

Similar categories in Kate Dramis's The Curse of Saints (The Curse of the Saints, #1) book and Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1) by Chloe Gong

20. Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

By: Chloe Gong

3.53

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

Every year, thousands in the kingdom of Talin will flock to its capital twin cities, San-Er, where … read more

Similar categories in Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1) book and Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • historical
  • fantasy romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"This is tenderness. And she is more afraid of it than anything else"

-Chloe Gong, Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

"Given Anton's childhood, a natural assumption would be that he couldn't handle bloodshed. But blood is faultless. Blood is only a consequence. Better to draw blood before it can be drawn from you; be…"

-Chloe Gong, Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

Cover of Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1) by Ehigbor Okosun

21. Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1)

By: Ehigbor Okosun

3.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant new voice brings a brilliant new debut author Ehigbor Okosun’s first book in an action-… read more

Similar categories in Ehigbor Okosun's Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1) book and Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Fear is a strange master. It makes monsters from the simplest of men."

-Ehigbor Okosun, Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1)

"Revenge is a poison, Dèmi. Drink it and you can destroy your enemies, but you will die long before you see them take their last breaths."

-Ehigbor Okosun, Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1)

"My father once told me that truth has many faces, mouths that help us see more clearly. But justice has only one face—a sword for those who warrant it, whether they be the victims of yesterday or the…"

-Ehigbor Okosun, Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1)

"The first queen spared the life of her brother, reasoning that a good ruler must be willing to die for the people and show mercy when needed. It’s a beautiful story . . . but this is an ugly day. The…"

-Ehigbor Okosun, Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1)

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3.78

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