9 must-read magic books like Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1) by Kim Smejkal

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Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

By: Kim Smejkal

3.60

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A lush, dark YA fantasy debut that weaves together tattoo magic, faith, and eccentric theater in a …

"Just when I think you're my beginning, I find out you're my end."

-Kim Smejkal, Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

"You two are bright stars in the Rabble Mob, and the Rabble Mob is family."

-Kim Smejkal, Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

"Everyone’s breaking was inevitable. Shouldn’t he, above all, understand that best?"

-Kim Smejkal, Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

"Just like that, he’d hopped onboard her ship without realizing that the deck was rotted."

-Kim Smejkal, Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

If you liked the magic plot in Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1) by Kim Smejkal , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters, #1)

By: Rebecca Schaeffer

4.14

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Dexter meets This Savage Song in this dark fantasy about a girl who sells magical body parts on the… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Schaeffer's Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters, #1) book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
"I know."

-Rebecca Schaeffer, Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters, #1)

"He snorted. “You do remember that I’m on the wrong side of the cage now?"

-Rebecca Schaeffer, Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters, #1)

"Morals were nothing but things to be manipulated with. They were tools you could use against others, and weapons others could use against you."

-Rebecca Schaeffer, Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters, #1)

"I won't ever say I'm a good person. I don't want to be. I like who I am - and I don't want to lose that. I don't want to lose me. Because it felt like that's what happened to all of them. They'd lost…"

-Rebecca Schaeffer, Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters, #1)

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2. Wax

By: Gina Damico

3.77

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Paraffin, Vermont, is known the world over as home to the Grosholtz Candle Factory. But behind the … read more

Similar categories in Gina Damico's Wax book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult

3. The Beast Is an Animal

By: Peternelle van Arsdale

3.82

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

A girl with a secret talent must save her village from the encroaching darkness in this haunting an… read more

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4. The Hunting Moon (The Luminaries, #2)

By: Susan Dennard

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The Hunting Moon is the highly anticipated sequel to The Luminaries by New York Times bestselling a… read more

Similar categories in Susan Dennard's The Hunting Moon (The Luminaries, #2) book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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5. Hell Followed With Us

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Prepare to die. His kingdom is near. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cu… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's Hell Followed With Us book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Do you believe in God? I do, please stop, there's so much blood"

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"I think it hits us all at the same time that maybe we'll live long enough to grow up."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"I'm done begging for a scrap of respect-I am done with those who enact suffering, and I am done with the sons of bitches who stand back and let it happen."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

"Bein transgender is who you are, and the pain is what the outside does to you. The pain is what happens when you and the world go at each other's throats."

-Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

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6. Gamora & Nebula: Sisters in Arms

By: Mackenzi Lee

3.73

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The second book in the hit series from New York Times best-selling author Mackenzi Lee! This thr… read more

Similar categories in Mackenzi Lee's Gamora & Nebula: Sisters in Arms book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
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7. Cage of Dreams (City of Nightmares Duology, 2)

By: Rebecca Schaeffer

3.78

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this thrilling sequel and conclusion to the City of Nightmares duology, Ness is forced to make a… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Schaeffer's Cage of Dreams (City of Nightmares Duology, 2) book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
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8. The Collectors

By: A.S. King

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors including Anna-M… read more

Similar categories in A.S. King's The Collectors book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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9. Empress of All Seasons

By: Emiko Jean

3.56

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In a palace of illusions, nothing is what it seems. Each generation, a competition is held to fi… read more

Similar categories in Emiko Jean's Empress of All Seasons book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
"Every weapon has a destiny."

-Emiko Jean, Empress of All Seasons

"Silence is the cousin of invisibility."

-Emiko Jean, Empress of All Seasons

"Do not let your fear decide your fate."

-Emiko Jean, Empress of All Seasons

"Our bodies are not ornaments, they are instruments."

-Emiko Jean, Empress of All Seasons

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10. Her Radiant Curse

By: Elizabeth Lim

4.17

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of SIX CRIMSON CRANES comes a tale of two sisters—one as… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Lim's Her Radiant Curse book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
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11. A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

By: Lili Wilkinson

3.51

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Maude is the daughter of witches. She spent her childhood running wild with her best friend, Odette… read more

Similar categories in Lili Wilkinson's A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1) book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Except now there is a raven in the rowan tree."

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

"What good are stories when the monsters are real?"

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

"A girl so full of wildness and passion and rage that maybe she couldn't contain the whole of herself."

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

"If you stay home all the time, stories never happen. Sometimes you have to break something in order for the story to leak out through the cracks."

-Lili Wilkinson, A Hunger of Thorns (A Hunger of Thorns, #1)

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12. Rust in the Root

By: Justina Ireland

4.09

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The author of the visionary New York Times bestseller Dread Nation returns with another spellbindin… read more

Similar categories in Justina Ireland's Rust in the Root book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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13. Shield Maiden

By: Sharon Emmerichs

3.69

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Both epic and intimate, Sharon Emmerichs's extraordinary debut novel reimagines  Beowulf  from the … read more

Similar categories in Sharon Emmerichs's Shield Maiden book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • magic
  • young adult
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14. Cursed Princess Club, vol. 3

By: LambCat

4.59

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Just because you’re cursed doesn’t mean you’re not special. Gwendolyn, the youngest of the king’s … read more

Similar categories in LambCat's Cursed Princess Club, vol. 3 book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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15. Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear

By: Robin Wasley

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A painfully average teen’s life is upended by a magical apocalypse. High school is hard enough t… read more

Similar categories in Robin Wasley's Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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16. Fire with Fire

By: Destiny Soria

3.78

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Dani and Eden Rivera were both born to kill dragons, but the sisters couldn’t be more different. Fo… read more

Similar categories in Destiny Soria's Fire with Fire book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"A few hours ago, the prospect of disappointing someone, especially Calla Thorn, would have sent her into a spiral of panic and self-loathing. She knew that about herself. Her therapist had pointed it…"

-Destiny Soria, Fire with Fire

"Once they were safely ensconced, Dani released his arm and turned to face him, but drew up short when she saw how close he actually was, with only inches between them. He was staring down at her with…"

-Destiny Soria, Fire with Fire

Cover of Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1) by Kim Smejkal

17. Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

By: Kim Smejkal

3.60

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A lush, dark YA fantasy debut that weaves together tattoo magic, faith, and eccentric theater in a … read more

Similar categories in Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1) book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Just when I think you're my beginning, I find out you're my end."

-Kim Smejkal, Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

"You two are bright stars in the Rabble Mob, and the Rabble Mob is family."

-Kim Smejkal, Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

"Everyone’s breaking was inevitable. Shouldn’t he, above all, understand that best?"

-Kim Smejkal, Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

"Just like that, he’d hopped onboard her ship without realizing that the deck was rotted."

-Kim Smejkal, Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

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18. Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

By: Laura Ruby

3.86

Format: 384 pages, ebook

The unforgettable story of two young women—one living, one dead—dealing with loss, desire, and the … read more

Similar categories in Laura Ruby's Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Girls were punished so hard for their love, so hard, hard enough to break them."

-Laura Ruby, Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

"No one is ever ready for something like this. You don't do it because you're ready. You do it because you're weary. And I am weary. I have been weary for too long."

-Laura Ruby, Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

"She flew higher and higher into the plush and generous darkness, the long forgiving night, until she slipped through a star, a doorway, and heaven welcomed her in."

-Laura Ruby, Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

"Frankie didn't know that the boys opened every letter, any letter, as if it were a dispatch from another world, a kinder one, a pleasant dream they'd once had when they were young. She didn't know th…"

-Laura Ruby, Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

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19. Coming Back

By: Jessi Zabarsky

3.51

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful graphic novel fantasy romance that follows two young women who have to go on their own … read more

Similar categories in Jessi Zabarsky's Coming Back book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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20. Artifacts of an Ex

By: Jennifer Chen

3.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Chloe Chang gets dumped via USPS after moving across the county from NYC to LA, her first inst… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Chen's Artifacts of an Ex book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Your face right now is pure joy. Watching you study art is worthy of any painting in a museum."

-Jennifer Chen, Artifacts of an Ex

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21. A Dark and Starless Forest

By: Sarah Hollowell

3.95

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

When her siblings start to go missing, a girl must confront the dark thing that lives in the forest… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Hollowell's A Dark and Starless Forest book and Kim Smejkal's Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

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