11 must-read romance books like The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1) by Ana Lal Din

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The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

By: Ana Lal Din

3.85

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

She is bound to serve. He is meant to kill. Survival is their prison. Choice is their weapon. As t…

"There's no such thing as a universal morality. There's just your moral code and mine. The most righteous act, in my belief, would be to make you suffer like my mother did"

-Ana Lal Din, The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

"There's no such thing as a universal morality. There's just your moral code and mine. The most righteous act, in my belief, would be to make you suffer like my mother did"

-Ana Lal Din, The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

"Removing his cloak to cover her, Leviathan leaned down, brushing his lips against her cold brow. "Inna lillaahi wa innaa ilayhi raaji'oon," he said under his breath. "Go with the angels, love."

-Ana Lal Din, The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

"Removing his cloak to cover her, Leviathan leaned down, brushing his lips against her cold brow. "Inna lillaahi wa innaa ilayhi raaji'oon," he said under his breath. "Go with the angels, love."

-Ana Lal Din, The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

If you liked the romance plot in The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1) by Ana Lal Din , here is a list of 11 books like this:

1. The Moth & the Flame (The Wrath & the Dawn, #0.25)

By: Renée Ahdieh

1.80

Format: 76 pages, ebook

It started as playful, if barbed, banter before rising to a fateful wager with a most notorious rak… read more

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2. These Deathless Bones: A Tor.com Original

By: Cassandra Khaw

2.82

Format: 3 pages,

A horror tale about the Witch Bride, second wife of a King, and the discord between her and her you… read more

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3. The Weight of Our Sky

By: Hanna Alkaf

4.23

Format: 690 pages,

Told over the course of the 1969 Chinese and Malay riots in Kuala Lumpur, the novel follows a young… read more

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4. Crown of Secrets (The Hidden Mage, #1)

By: Melanie Cellier

3.99

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Verene is a disappointment to her entire kingdom--the first royal ever born without power, despite … read more

Similar categories in Melanie Cellier's Crown of Secrets (The Hidden Mage, #1) book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
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5. The Lies of the Ajungo (Forever Desert, #1)

By: Moses Ose Utomi

4.21

Format: 87 pages, Hardcover

Moses Ose Utomi's debut novella, The Lies of the Ajungo, follows one boy’s epic quest to bring wate… read more

Similar categories in Moses Ose Utomi's The Lies of the Ajungo (Forever Desert, #1) book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1) by Deborah Falaye

6. Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1)

By: Deborah Falaye

3.88

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This is what they deserve. They wanted me to be a monster. I will be the worst monster they ever cr… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Falaye's Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1) book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"Treat something like a monster and it will certainly learn to become a monster. (pg. 325)"

-Deborah Falaye, Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1)

"You people- you treat us like we are not human. You replace our smiles with blood, our hearts with bullets. You destroy our innocence and our beings. And when you no longer have any use for us, you f…"

-Deborah Falaye, Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1)

"I know what it feels like to be robbed of something so precious to you. To feel helpless, broken, like you are not in control of your own body. These people- they thrive on taking power. Over our min…"

-Deborah Falaye, Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1)

Cover of My Darling Duke (Sinful Wallflowers, #1) by Stacy Reid

7. My Darling Duke (Sinful Wallflowers, #1)

By: Stacy Reid

4.02

Format: 377 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Miss Katherine Danvers is a desperate wallflower. Her family is on the brink of financial ruin, and… read more

Similar categories in Stacy Reid's My Darling Duke (Sinful Wallflowers, #1) book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
"I would lay the world at your feet if I could, Katherine." "I do not need the whole world. Just a little bit of you, Alexander"

-Stacy Reid, My Darling Duke (Sinful Wallflowers, #1)

"Be my friend…be my wife…my duchess. I promise to love you with every breath in my body and every emotion in my heart until the end of my days, Katherine. I vow it."

-Stacy Reid, My Darling Duke (Sinful Wallflowers, #1)

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

8. 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 Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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 The Truth of the Aleke (Forever Desert, #2) by Moses Ose Utomi

9. The Truth of the Aleke (Forever Desert, #2)

By: Moses Ose Utomi

4.17

Format: 103 pages, Hardcover

Moses Ose Utomi returns to his Forever Desert series with The Truth of the Aleke , continuing his e… read more

Similar categories in Moses Ose Utomi's The Truth of the Aleke (Forever Desert, #2) book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
Cover of Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1) by Zoe Hana Mikuta

10. Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

By: Zoe Hana Mikuta

3.88

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Two girls on opposite sides of a war discover they're fighting for a common purpose--and falling fo… read more

Similar categories in Zoe Hana Mikuta's Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1) book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Because I am miserable and so viciously in love with her, I eat the soup."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

"I could hate you, but it would kill me, and that is not how I am dying for you."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

"The whole world can rot.' Eris whispers. 'Let's just sit here and watch it happen."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

"It's not who I want to be. I want to be soft, and I don't want to take shit from any-one."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

Cover of The Phoenix King (The Ravence Trilogy, #1) by Aparna Verma

11. The Phoenix King (The Ravence Trilogy, #1)

By: Aparna Verma

3.69

Format: 513 pages, Paperback

The fate of a desert kingdom rests in the hands of a princess desperate for power and an assassin w… read more

Similar categories in Aparna Verma's The Phoenix King (The Ravence Trilogy, #1) book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"He wished he could tell her how beautiful she looked. How, when she danced, she morphed into something more, something ethereal, timeless."

-Aparna Verma, The Phoenix King (The Ravence Trilogy, #1)

Cover of The Last Daughter (The Last Daughter, #1) by Alexis L. Menard

12. The Last Daughter (The Last Daughter, #1)

By: Alexis L. Menard

3.67

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

She's cursed with a dead witch's power over fate, he's a heartless demigod born for revenge and red… read more

Similar categories in Alexis L. Menard's The Last Daughter (The Last Daughter, #1) book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of The Lightstruck (The Darkening, #2) by Sunya Mara

13. The Lightstruck (The Darkening, #2)

By: Sunya Mara

3.42

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

In this epic sequel and conclusion to the Darkening duology, which has been called "enchanting and … read more

Similar categories in Sunya Mara's The Lightstruck (The Darkening, #2) book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
Cover of Eat the Mouth That Feeds You by Carribean Fragoza

14. Eat the Mouth That Feeds You

By: Carribean Fragoza

3.82

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Carribean Fragoza's debut collection of stories reside in the domestic surreal, featuring an unusua… read more

Similar categories in Carribean Fragoza's Eat the Mouth That Feeds You book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • fiction
Cover of Demon Bound (Demons of Ardani #1) by Nina K. Westra

15. Demon Bound (Demons of Ardani #1)

By: Nina K. Westra

3.90

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

After years spent isolated in a lonely castle with her cruel husband, Raiya will do anything to esc… read more

Similar categories in Nina K. Westra's Demon Bound (Demons of Ardani #1) book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
Cover of Vesselless (The Merciless Realms #1) by Cortney L. Winn

16. Vesselless (The Merciless Realms #1)

By: Cortney L. Winn

4.12

Format: 494 pages, Kindle Edition

She’s heiress to the throne. The throne her father stole from him. Nizzara has always been able … read more

Similar categories in Cortney L. Winn's Vesselless (The Merciless Realms #1) book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
Cover of The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1) by Ana Lal Din

17. The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

By: Ana Lal Din

3.85

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

She is bound to serve. He is meant to kill. Survival is their prison. Choice is their weapon. As t… read more

Similar categories in Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1) book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
  • new adult
  • mythology
"There's no such thing as a universal morality. There's just your moral code and mine. The most righteous act, in my belief, would be to make you suffer like my mother did"

-Ana Lal Din, The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

"Removing his cloak to cover her, Leviathan leaned down, brushing his lips against her cold brow. "Inna lillaahi wa innaa ilayhi raaji'oon," he said under his breath. "Go with the angels, love."

-Ana Lal Din, The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

Cover of We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida

18. We'll Prescribe You a Cat

By: Syou Ishida

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A cat a day keeps the doctor away… Discover the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has… read more

Similar categories in Syou Ishida's We'll Prescribe You a Cat book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • fiction
Cover of Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L.  Wang

19. Blood Over Bright Haven

By: M.L. Wang

4.45

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost—and the collectors have… read more

Similar categories in M.L. Wang's Blood Over Bright Haven book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
Cover of The City in Glass by Nghi Vo

20. The City in Glass

By: Nghi Vo

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this new standalone, Hugo Award-winning author Nghi Vo introduces a beguiling fantasy city in th… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The City in Glass book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Cult of the Lamb Vol. 1: The First Verse (Cult of the Lamb, #1) by Alex Paknadel

21. Cult of the Lamb Vol. 1: The First Verse (Cult of the Lamb, #1)

By: Alex Paknadel

3.86

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

In partnership with Devolver Digital and Massive Monster, Oni Press proudly presents Cult of the La… read more

Similar categories in Alex Paknadel's Cult of the Lamb Vol. 1: The First Verse (Cult of the Lamb, #1) book and Ana Lal Din's The Descent of the Drowned (The Descent of the Drowned, #1)

  • fantasy
  • young adult

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