21 must-read fantasy books like A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1) by Kaylie Smith

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A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

By: Kaylie Smith

3.68

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Fate does not choose the weak. Fate chooses the ready.Calliope Rosewood is a witch with a long stre…

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Cover of Champion of Fate (Heromaker, #1) by Kendare Blake

1. Champion of Fate (Heromaker, #1)

By: Kendare Blake

3.72

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Behind every great hero is an Aristene. Aristene are mythical female warriors, part of a legenda… read more

Similar categories in Kendare Blake's Champion of Fate (Heromaker, #1) book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1) by Amie Kaufman

2. The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1)

By: Amie Kaufman

3.92

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

When Selly's father leaves her high and dry in the port of Kirkpool, she has no intention of riding… read more

Similar categories in Amie Kaufman's The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1) book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"First flowers, now you don't like pastries?" he asks, studying my frown. "What's next, kittens?"

-Amie Kaufman, The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1)

"Better not start apologizing now my prince," she says. "you'll run out of time to cover it all."

-Amie Kaufman, The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1)

"There." I lean across to tuck it behind his ear. "Everything useless around here is beautifully decorated. I wouldn't want you to feel left out."

-Amie Kaufman, The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1)

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

3. 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 Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • 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 Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1) by Nicki Pau Preto

4. 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 Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • 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)

Cover of Omen of Ice (Omen of Ice, #1) by Jus Accardo

5. Omen of Ice (Omen of Ice, #1)

By: Jus Accardo

3.52

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Keltania Tunne has spent her whole life training to become a bodyguard for a Winter Fae. It’s the h… read more

Similar categories in Jus Accardo's Omen of Ice (Omen of Ice, #1) book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"The Aphelian grabs the front of my tunic, then seizes Buri's arm before she can react and uses it to slap me across the face. Hard. "There," she says. "Now you've hit him, and I've perceived you as a…"

-Jus Accardo, Omen of Ice (Omen of Ice, #1)

Cover of House of Marionne (House of Marionne, #1) by J. Elle

6. House of Marionne (House of Marionne, #1)

By: J. Elle

3.66

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Rich is the blood of the chosen 17 year-old Quell has lived her entire life on the run. She and … read more

Similar categories in J. Elle's House of Marionne (House of Marionne, #1) book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of A Shadow Crown (The Halfling Saga, #2) by Melissa Blair

7. A Shadow Crown (The Halfling Saga, #2)

By: Melissa Blair

4.11

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The highly anticipated second installment of the fantasy saga that took BookTok by storm sees Keera… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Blair's A Shadow Crown (The Halfling Saga, #2) book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Library of Shadows by Rachel   Moore

8. The Library of Shadows

By: Rachel Moore

3.58

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

Radcliffe Prep. The third most haunted school in the country, where a student disappearance isn’t u… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Moore's The Library of Shadows book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Unseelie (The Unseelie Duology, #1) by Ivelisse Housman

9. Unseelie (The Unseelie Duology, #1)

By: Ivelisse Housman

3.76

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Twin sisters, both on the run, but different as day and night. One, a professional rogue, searches … read more

Similar categories in Ivelisse Housman's Unseelie (The Unseelie Duology, #1) book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Fairy mischief is just a part of life. Anyone with common sense accepts this and does their best to co-exist, with bribes of milk and shiny things."

-Ivelisse Housman, Unseelie (The Unseelie Duology, #1)

Cover of Curious Tides (Drowned Gods, #1) by Pascale Lacelle

10. Curious Tides (Drowned Gods, #1)

By: Pascale Lacelle

3.82

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Ninth House meets A Deadly Education in this gorgeous dark academia fantasy following a teen mage w… read more

Similar categories in Pascale Lacelle's Curious Tides (Drowned Gods, #1) book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"A book was all it ever took to hold him captive."

-Pascale Lacelle, Curious Tides (Drowned Gods, #1)

"Naturally, nothing contented him more than libraries."

-Pascale Lacelle, Curious Tides (Drowned Gods, #1)

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11. The Poison Season

By: Mara Rutherford

3.68

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Outsiders are always given a choice: the Forest or the lake. Either way, they're never heard from a… read more

Similar categories in Mara Rutherford's The Poison Season book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Silver in the Bone (Silver in the Bone, #1) by Alexandra Bracken

12. Silver in the Bone (Silver in the Bone, #1)

By: Alexandra Bracken

3.90

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the critically acclaimed author of Lore comes a stunnin… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Bracken's Silver in the Bone (Silver in the Bone, #1) book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I raised my head and began to walk, letting the chaos in my chest settle and new calmness take hold."

-Alexandra Bracken, Silver in the Bone (Silver in the Bone, #1)

"You do not have to keep the thought of him from your heart, but do not let the love in you harden because of him. He was not worthy."

-Alexandra Bracken, Silver in the Bone (Silver in the Bone, #1)

"Why? I know you think I'm too trusting-too softhearted, or whatever-but where's the bravery in pushing everyone away the second they get too close?"

-Alexandra Bracken, Silver in the Bone (Silver in the Bone, #1)

"That was a very moving speech, Trust Fund," I said. He flinched at the name. "But I'd prefer you tell me why you took this job, and why you're so worried about Daddy Dearest finding out about it?"

-Alexandra Bracken, Silver in the Bone (Silver in the Bone, #1)

Cover of The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1) by Hannah F. Whitten

13. The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)

By: Hannah F. Whitten

3.79

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

When Lore was thirteen, she escaped a cult in the catacombs beneath the city of Dellaire. And in th… read more

Similar categories in Hannah F. Whitten's The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1) book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"A moment, then Gabe sighed, as if finally resigning himself to what was about to happen. "Aim for the kneecaps." "Ah, yes." Bastian tied off the linen on her hands. "The kneecaps are the eyes of the …"

-Hannah F. Whitten, The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)

"The air around him almost seemed to glimmer, gold dust in the dark. Moonlight made him more beautiful, yes, but in the same way that darkness emphasized a flame. He didn't belong in it; Bastian Arcen…"

-Hannah F. Whitten, The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)

"Aim for the kneecaps." "Ah, yes." Bastian tied off the linen on her hands. "The kneecaps are the eyes of the legs." They both started at him. Then Gabe shrugged. "That's actually pretty good advice."…"

-Hannah F. Whitten, The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)

"This is what I saw, in the reflections of the tomb." She whispered it almost to herself, broken-voiced. "It's what the goddess dreamed, but I thought I could prevent it. I thought you would choose th…"

-Hannah F. Whitten, The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)

Cover of Seven Faceless Saints (Seven Faceless Saints, #1) by M.K. Lobb

14. Seven Faceless Saints (Seven Faceless Saints, #1)

By: M.K. Lobb

3.49

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the city of Ombrazia, saints and their disciples rule with terrifying and unjust power, playing … read more

Similar categories in M.K. Lobb's Seven Faceless Saints (Seven Faceless Saints, #1) book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"That was what it meant to have power, wasn't it? You could simply destroy that which didn't serve you."

-M.K. Lobb, Seven Faceless Saints (Seven Faceless Saints, #1)

"Aren’t you going to tell me my rights? Oh, wait - you’re controlled by a broken system, and I don’t have any. I nearly forgot."

-M.K. Lobb, Seven Faceless Saints (Seven Faceless Saints, #1)

"Once you have known true grief, you don’t get better. You don’t recover – you only grow stronger. You learn to bear the things that seem unbearable. You find a way to rebuild yourself, even with cruc…"

-M.K. Lobb, Seven Faceless Saints (Seven Faceless Saints, #1)

Cover of Garden of the Cursed (Garden of the Cursed, #1) by Katy Rose Pool

15. Garden of the Cursed (Garden of the Cursed, #1)

By: Katy Rose Pool

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this thrilling YA fantasy/mystery duology from award-winning author Katy Pool, cursebreaker Marl… read more

Similar categories in Katy Rose Pool's Garden of the Cursed (Garden of the Cursed, #1) book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1) by Analeigh Sbrana

16. Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1)

By: Analeigh Sbrana

3.35

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

A stunning Romantasy debut about an enchanted library, two handsome Fae, and one human who brings t… read more

Similar categories in Analeigh Sbrana's Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1) book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1) by Maiya Ibrahim

17. Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)

By: Maiya Ibrahim

3.70

Format: 411 pages, ebook

The first book in an epic fantasy series for fans of Sabaa Tahir, Hafsah Faizal and Elizabeth Lim, … read more

Similar categories in Maiya Ibrahim's Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1) book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The truth is the thorn, not the rose."

-Maiya Ibrahim, Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)

"It is magic, how words can be deadlier than daggers."

-Maiya Ibrahim, Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)

"If you refuse, I will drive this blade through Taha’s heart."

-Maiya Ibrahim, Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)

"Yes, Bright Blade, for light not shared is light that is diminished."

-Maiya Ibrahim, Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)

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

18. 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 Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult 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 Chaos & Flame (Chaos & Flame, #1) by Tessa  Gratton

19. Chaos & Flame (Chaos & Flame, #1)

By: Tessa Gratton

3.43

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Darling Seabreak cannot remember anything before the murder of her family at the hands of House Dra… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Gratton's Chaos & Flame (Chaos & Flame, #1) book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It’s all you are."

-Tessa Gratton, Chaos & Flame (Chaos & Flame, #1)

Cover of A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1) by Kaylie Smith

20. A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

By: Kaylie Smith

3.68

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Fate does not choose the weak. Fate chooses the ready.Calliope Rosewood is a witch with a long stre… read more

Similar categories in Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1) book and Kaylie Smith's A Ruinous Fate (Heartless Fates, #1)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Ghostsmith (House of the Dead, #2) by Nicki Pau Preto

21. Ghostsmith (House of the Dead, #2)

By: Nicki Pau Preto

4.26

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In this action-packed finale to the House of the Dead Duology, Wren and her friends put everything … read more

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  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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