21 Best fiction books like After the Forest by Kell Woods

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After the Forest

By: Kell Woods

3.81

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. A drop of blood to bind its power. 1650: The Black Forest, Wurt…

"And old enough to know that womenfolk have little enough power of their own. That is why they must have their charms and their tricks. Their books and their ink and blood. Their eyes, their smiles, their hips; their lace and silk, their ribbons and thread …These are your weapons, dearie. You must use them as best you can."

-Kell Woods, After the Forest

"And old enough to know that womenfolk have little enough power of their own. That is why they must have their charms and their tricks. Their books and their ink and blood. Their eyes, their smiles, their hips; their lace and silk, their ribbons and thread …These are your weapons, dearie. You must use them as best you can."

-Kell Woods, After the Forest

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Cover of Zhara (Guardians of Dawn, #1) by S. Jae-Jones

1. Zhara (Guardians of Dawn, #1)

By: S. Jae-Jones

3.51

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Sailor Moon meets Cinder in Guardians of Dawn: Zhara, the start of a new, richly imagined fantasy s… read more

Similar categories in S. Jae-Jones's Zhara (Guardians of Dawn, #1) book and Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • retellings
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1) by Lyra Selene

2. A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)

By: Lyra Selene

3.77

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Set in a world of perilous magic and moonlit forests, this seductive romantic fantasy tells the sto… read more

Similar categories in Lyra Selene's A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1) book and Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • retellings
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The joy is in the thrill of the fight, not the promise of a kill."

-Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)

"If your love only destroys, let it destroy me. I am already a doomed man."

-Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)

"I was made of weeds and dark water and unbreakable ice. I was not made to loose."

-Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)

"I was made of frost and rot and endless things. I was not made to fear the Folk."

-Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #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 Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"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)

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

4. 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 Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • 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)

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5. 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 Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • 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 Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) by Heather Fawcett

6. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

By: Heather Fawcett

4.32

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wi… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) book and Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"One of the guiding principles of dryadology,"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I may not be a miller's daughter, but you are not so different from the Folk as you think, Your Highness." I lifted her wineglass and dashed the remainder against her face, spilling it across her mou…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I brushed the hair from his face. It is very soft--- ludicrously so, in fact, more like rabbit down or dandelion seed than human hair--- and I found I could not stop stroking it. He murmured somethin…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"Dr. Farris Rose has served as Department Head for over a decade, taking over from Letitia Barrister, who was abducted by a bogle in the Hebrides and returned several weeks later aged to approximately…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

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7. A Fragile Enchantment

By: Allison Saft

3.53

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

In this romantic fantasy of manners from New York Times bestselling author Allison Saft, a magical … read more

Similar categories in Allison Saft's A Fragile Enchantment book and Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You're like a pint-sized hurricane of earnestness and good cheer."

-Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

"it's not meaningful to kill yourself little by little to make people happy!"

-Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

Cover of Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1) by Eliza Chan

8. Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1)

By: Eliza Chan

3.16

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From one of fantasy’s most exciting new voices Eliza Chan comes a modern, myth-inflected story of r… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Chan's Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1) book and Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1) by Elizabeth        May

10. To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

By: Elizabeth May

3.36

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone, this Imperial Russia-inspired romantasy launch… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1) book and Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Voyage of the Damned by Frances   White

11. Voyage of the Damned

By: Frances White

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The TikTok sensation from the UK has come to North America! This special first edition hardcover w… read more

Similar categories in Frances White's Voyage of the Damned book and Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"As if the restrictive shell of a body is more important than the infinite possibilities of a mind."

-Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

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

12. 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 Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • magic
  • 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 To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1) by Molly X. Chang

13. To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

By: Molly X. Chang

3.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

She has power over death. He has power over her. When two enemies strike a dangerous bargain, will … read more

Similar categories in Molly X. Chang's To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1) book and Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"白发送黑发, 不孝之道. Letting the white hair bury the black hair was unfilial to the highest degree."

-Molly X. Chang, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

"聪明一世,糊涂一时. Intelligent and cautious for a lifetime, it takes a second of stupidity to unravel it all."

-Molly X. Chang, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

"You shouldn’t ask the girl blessed by Death whom she’ll die for. You should ask her whom she’ll kill for."

-Molly X. Chang, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

"To love was a privilege not afforded to those of us born in these trying times when survival was never guaranteed. We were products of our surroundings, of our upbringings."

-Molly X. Chang, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

Cover of The Forest Grimm (The Forest Grimm #1) by Kathryn Purdie

14. The Forest Grimm (The Forest Grimm #1)

By: Kathryn Purdie

3.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Where fairy tales come to life with dark, deadly twists... "Tell me again, Grandmère, the story … read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Purdie's The Forest Grimm (The Forest Grimm #1) book and Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of After the Forest by Kell Woods

15. After the Forest

By: Kell Woods

3.81

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. A drop of blood to bind its power. 1650: The Black Forest, Wurt… read more

Similar categories in Kell Woods's After the Forest book and Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • witches
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"And old enough to know that womenfolk have little enough power of their own. That is why they must have their charms and their tricks. Their books and their ink and blood. Their eyes, their smiles, t…"

-Kell Woods, After the Forest

Cover of This Dark Descent (This Dark Descent, #1) by Kalyn Josephson

16. This Dark Descent (This Dark Descent, #1)

By: Kalyn Josephson

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Tous les dix ans, les citoyens de Veradell se rassemblent pour l'Illinir, une course de chevaux mag… read more

Similar categories in Kalyn Josephson's This Dark Descent (This Dark Descent, #1) book and Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Goddess of the River

By: Vaishnavi Patel

3.86

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from… read more

Similar categories in Vaishnavi Patel's Goddess of the River book and Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • retellings
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1) by Amber Chen

18. Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1)

By: Amber Chen

3.73

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying dreams of becoming a world-class engineer like her father, but after h… read more

Similar categories in Amber Chen's Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1) book and Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Longest Autumn by Amy  Avery

19. The Longest Autumn

By: Amy Avery

3.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Ariadne, a spellbinding debut fantasy about a human who gets trapped with the god of Au… read more

Similar categories in Amy Avery's The Longest Autumn book and Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Principle of Moments (Order of Legends, #1) by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

20. The Principle of Moments (Order of Legends, #1)

By: Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

3.61

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Unmissable for fans of the spacefaring found family of Becky Chambers, the alternate London of V. E… read more

Similar categories in Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson's The Principle of Moments (Order of Legends, #1) book and Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Phoenix Keeper by S.A.  MacLean

21. The Phoenix Keeper

By: S.A. MacLean

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Set in a magical zoo teeming with mythical beasts from dragons and unicorns to kelpies and krakens,… read more

Similar categories in S.A. MacLean's The Phoenix Keeper book and Kell Woods's After the Forest

  • romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction

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