18 must-read young adult books like Blood to Poison by Mary Watson

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Blood to Poison

By: Mary Watson

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Seventeen-year-old Savannah is cursed. It's a sinister family heirloom; passed down through the blo…

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Cover of The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2) by Namina Forna

1. 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 Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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)

Cover of The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1) by Namina Forna

2. 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 Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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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3. The Revelry

By: Katherine Webber

3.44

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Laini Taylor, E. Lockhart, and Holly Black, the chilling story of a girl who goes to a … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Webber's The Revelry book and Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
Cover of This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, #2) by Kalynn  Bayron

4. 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 Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • magic
  • young adult
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5. 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 Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
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6. If You Still Recognise Me

By: Cynthia So

4.05

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

Elsie has a crush on Ada, the only person in the world who truly understands her. Unfortunately, th… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia So's If You Still Recognise Me book and Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I wonder if Ada would be able to feel the sapphic vibes if she could see the things she and I wrote to each other through the eyes of someone who was an outsider to our friendship."

-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

"And I lie down and look at the ceiling, and I wonder how adults learn to love with this feeling that the past is always growing bigger, that you're always losing mroe of yourself to it."

-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

"I didn't truly believe it back then. That I deserved to be seen. I do now, though. I do. And being seen requires being open about myself. Joan looks at me, soft, patient. I want to be seen."

-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

"There's nothing like meeting someone and feeling comfortable with them instantly. That to me is the closest thing we have to magic in the world. The inexplicable connection that we just feel, right a…"

-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

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7. Rebel Skies (Rebel Skies #1)

By: Ann Sei Lin

3.81

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Ann Sei Lin's enchanting and action-packed debut, first in a series, will sweep readers away to an … read more

Similar categories in Ann Sei Lin's Rebel Skies (Rebel Skies #1) book and Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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8. Wise Creatures

By: Deirdre Sullivan

3.72

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

I always thought that hauntings began with houses. They don't, of course. It's people, isn't it? I… read more

Similar categories in Deirdre Sullivan's Wise Creatures book and Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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9. This Place Is Still Beautiful

By: XiXi Tian

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters. A shocking racist incident. The summer that will change both of their lives forever.De… read more

Similar categories in XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful book and Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Maybe one day we will find the right words, but at the moment, he just stands with me in this alley, shielded from the sun. Dark, but not alone."

-XiXi Tian, This Place Is Still Beautiful

Cover of Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope

10. Daughter of the Merciful Deep

By: Leslye Penelope

4.01

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

A woman journeys into a submerged world of gods and myth to save her home in this powerful historic… read more

Similar categories in Leslye Penelope's Daughter of the Merciful Deep book and Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Blood to Poison by Mary Watson

11. Blood to Poison

By: Mary Watson

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Seventeen-year-old Savannah is cursed. It's a sinister family heirloom; passed down through the blo… read more

Similar categories in Mary Watson's Blood to Poison book and Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • africa
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • witches
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
Cover of When Our Worlds Collided by Danielle Jawando

12. When Our Worlds Collided

By: Danielle Jawando

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

When fourteen-year-old Shaq is stabbed outside of a busy shopping centre in Manchester, three teena… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Jawando's When Our Worlds Collided book and Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Eternal Ones (Deathless, #3) by Namina Forna

13. 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 Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • science fiction fantasy
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Daughter of Darkness (House of Shadows, #1) by Katharine Corr

14. Daughter of Darkness (House of Shadows, #1)

By: Katharine Corr

3.75

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

Deina is trapped. As one of the Soul Severers serving the god Hades on earth, her future is tied to… read more

Similar categories in Katharine Corr's Daughter of Darkness (House of Shadows, #1) book and Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Goddess Crown by Shade Lapite

15. Goddess Crown

By: Shade Lapite

3.60

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

In this thrilling Afro-fantasy, the first set in the lush, opulent kingdom of Galla, a girl raised … read more

Similar categories in Shade Lapite's Goddess Crown book and Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • science fiction fantasy
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Thief on the Winged Horse by Kate Mascarenhas

16. The Thief on the Winged Horse

By: Kate Mascarenhas

3.63

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The Kendrick family have been making world-famous dolls since the early 1800s. But their dolls aren… read more

Similar categories in Kate Mascarenhas's The Thief on the Winged Horse book and Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Ellie Pillai Is Brown

By: Christine Pillainayagam

3.87

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

The perfect coming-of-age summer romance by the most spectacularly funny and original debut UKYA vo… read more

Similar categories in Christine Pillainayagam's Ellie Pillai Is Brown book and Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Situationship by Taylor-Dior Rumble

18. The Situationship

By: Taylor-Dior Rumble

3.35

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When the love of her life shows up with a girlfriend, Tia decides it's time to put herself out ther… read more

Similar categories in Taylor-Dior Rumble's The Situationship book and Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of This Is My Truth by Yasmin Rahman

19. This Is My Truth

By: Yasmin Rahman

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Best friends Amani and Huda are getting nervous about their GCSEs - and their future beyond school,… read more

Similar categories in Yasmin Rahman's This Is My Truth book and Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Cuts Both Ways by Candice Brathwaite

20. Cuts Both Ways

By: Candice Brathwaite

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A sharp and funny YA love story that explores themes of race, class and the complexities of growing… read more

Similar categories in Candice Brathwaite's Cuts Both Ways book and Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Love Dare by Abiola Bello

21. The Love Dare

By: Abiola Bello

4.02

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Can a bet made at Notting Hill Carnival turn into true love? He’s All That meets How to Lose a Guy … read more

Similar categories in Abiola Bello's The Love Dare book and Mary Watson's Blood to Poison

  • young adult
  • contemporary

19 Top fiction books like Blood to Poison by Mary Watson

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The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)

Namina Forna

3.90

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The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

Namina Forna

4.00

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The Revelry

Katherine Webber

3.44

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This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, #2)

Kalynn Bayron

3.99

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So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

Kamilah Cole

3.90

Transform Your Habits

The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)

Namina Forna

3.90

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Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

Jordan Ifueko

4.33

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Redemptor (Raybearer, #2)

Jordan Ifueko

4.24

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