31 Top fiction books like Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1) by Elizabeth Lim

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Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

By: Elizabeth Lim

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

A gifted tailor in disguise. Three legendary dresses. The competition of a lifetime. On the fr…

"People will see what they want to see."

-Elizabeth Lim, Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

"People will see what they want to see."

-Elizabeth Lim, Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

"You'll learn that certain things aren't worth the trouble."

-Elizabeth Lim, Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

"You'll learn that certain things aren't worth the trouble."

-Elizabeth Lim, Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

If you liked the fiction plot in Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1) by Elizabeth Lim , here is a list of 31 books like this:

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1. An Enchantment of Ravens

By: Margaret Rogerson

3.89

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

Isobel is a prodigy portrait artist with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair folk, immort… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Rogerson's An Enchantment of Ravens book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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2. Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

By: Elizabeth Lim

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

A gifted tailor in disguise. Three legendary dresses. The competition of a lifetime. On the fr… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"People will see what they want to see."

-Elizabeth Lim, Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

"You'll learn that certain things aren't worth the trouble."

-Elizabeth Lim, Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

"I saw how protective Delann is of you. Yet he respects you."

-Elizabeth Lim, Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

"You are my oath now, Maia Tamarin. And you'll never be free of me."

-Elizabeth Lim, Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

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3. A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea, #1)

By: Judy I. Lin

3.83

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

For Ning, the only thing worse than losing her mother is knowing that it's her own fault. She was t… read more

Similar categories in Judy I. Lin's A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea, #1) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"In the morning, Lian and I tuck into a breakfast of fluffy baozi, fresh from the bamboo steamers of Small Wu’s kitchen m. We pull the dough apart to reveal the filling within — ground pork mixed with…"

-Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea, #1)

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4. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

By: Axie Oh

4.11

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Deadly storms have ravaged Mina’s homeland for generations. Floods sweep away entire villages, whil… read more

Similar categories in Axie Oh's The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"Sometimes, only through a story can a truth be heard."

-Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

"My grandfather understood the comfort there is in shared silence."

-Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

"Sometimes I can be thoughtless. And I like to tease. But you can depend upon me."

-Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

"I don't think love can be bought or earned or even prayed for. It must be freely given."

-Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

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5. Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)

By: Sue Lynn Tan

4.10

Format: 503 pages, Hardcover

Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from th… read more

Similar categories in Sue Lynn Tan's Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"Never again would I be content to remain in the shadows."

-Sue Lynn Tan, Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)

"Everyone has their own troubles; some lay them bare while others hide them better."

-Sue Lynn Tan, Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)

"Some scars are carved into our bones - a part of who we are, shaping what we become."

-Sue Lynn Tan, Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)

"I do care," he ground out. "despite my sense, my judgement and honor - I cannot help but care."

-Sue Lynn Tan, Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)

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6. Heart of the Sun Warrior (The Celestial Kingdom, #2)

By: Sue Lynn Tan

4.03

Format: 466 pages, Hardcover

After her perilous quest to free her mother, Xingyin thrives once more in the tranquility of her ho… read more

Similar categories in Sue Lynn Tan's Heart of the Sun Warrior (The Celestial Kingdom, #2) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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7. A Crane Among Wolves

By: June Hur

4.03

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

June Hur, bestselling author of The Red Palace, crafts a devastating and pulse-pounding tale that w… read more

Similar categories in June Hur's A Crane Among Wolves book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"What need has the king for a thousand courtesans? I cannot possibly imgaine wanting a thousand husbands." "Because rape - "He flicked an uneasy glance my way, as though afraid to offend my womanly se…"

-June Hur, A Crane Among Wolves

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8. Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune, #1)

By: Chloe Gong

4.23

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

The first book in a captivating new duology following an ill-matched pair of spies posing as a marr… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Gong's Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune, #1) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Lie first; figure out the rest later."

-Chloe Gong, Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune, #1)

"Do you think of me as some all-controlling harpy wife?"

-Chloe Gong, Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune, #1)

"Beautiful. Arrogant. Conniving. In this decade, who wasn't?"

-Chloe Gong, Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune, #1)

"What is family for if not to love us and then break our hearts?"

-Chloe Gong, Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune, #1)

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9. If You Could See the Sun

By: Ann Liang

4.02

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school, where she’s… read more

Similar categories in Ann Liang's If You Could See the Sun book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Yeah."

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

"Hmph,"

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

"Yan Yan!"

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

"What your mama always say? If you not good person, you're nothing. Nothing."

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

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10. 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 Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

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

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11. Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)

By: Adalyn Grace

4.00

Format: 409 pages, Hardcover

The  New York Times  bestselling author of  All the Stars and Teeth  brings to life a highly romant… read more

Similar categories in Adalyn Grace's Belladonna (Belladonna, #1) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Careful,"

-Adalyn Grace, Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)

"Perhaps,"

-Adalyn Grace, Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)

"But death did not need to be seen; he was to be felt."

-Adalyn Grace, Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)

"With him, Signa no longer wanted to wonder. She wanted to know."

-Adalyn Grace, Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)

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12. Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)

By: Margaret Rogerson

4.05

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a fou… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Rogerson's Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
"I like girls too, Scrivener."

-Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)

"I am not pulling you on a sled!"

-Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)

"The library wants to fight back."

-Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)

"I will see Master Thorn settled."

-Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)

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13. A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

By: Stephanie Garber

4.13

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after. Evangeline Fox ventured to t… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Garber's A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"My turn again."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

"Being yours does not make you mine."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

"You could never look awful,' he said faintly."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

"His heart was racing again, and now so was hers."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

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14. The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1)

By: Lynette Noni

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Kiva Meridan has spent the last ten years fighting for survival in the notorious… read more

Similar categories in Lynette Noni's The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
"Mother is dead. I'm on my way to Vallenia. It's time to reclaim our kingdom."

-Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1)

"Never apologize for loving someone. Even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts."

-Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1)

"I know for a fact that they’d live it all over again, even the ending, as long as it meant they could keep their beginning"

-Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1)

"So you’re right, you don’t need me fighting your battles. But if you’ll let me, I’d like to be standing beside you as you fight them."

-Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1)

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15. 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 Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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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16. Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White (Song of the Last Kingdom, #2)

By: Amélie Wen Zhao

3.92

Format: 345 pages, Paperback

The epic sequel to the book Song of Silver, Flame Like Night, is a fast-paced, riveting YA fantasy … read more

Similar categories in Amélie Wen Zhao's Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White (Song of the Last Kingdom, #2) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • high fantasy
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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17. 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 Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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 Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1) by Stephanie Garber

18. Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

By: Stephanie Garber

4.06

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

How far would you go for happily ever after? For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Garber's Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"It’s you,"

-Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

"What will your help cost me?"

-Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

"For finding dreams that don't exist yet."

-Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

"But you have to have a working heart for it to break."

-Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

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19. We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1)

By: Hafsah Faizal

3.89

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

People lived because she killed. People died because he lived. Zafira is the Hunter, disguising … read more

Similar categories in Hafsah Faizal's We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
"Promise me,"

-Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1)

"I once loved"

-Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1)

"Darkness is my destiny."

-Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1)

"Monsters preferred solitude."

-Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1)

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20. This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1)

By: Tahereh Mafi

3.96

Format: 512 pages, ebook

Clashing empires, forbidden romance, and a long-forgotten queen destined to save her people—Tahereh… read more

Similar categories in Tahereh Mafi's This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"Are you some kind of Diviner?"

-Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1)

"I choose you," he said simply. "I want youj."

-Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1)

"Never before had he been so consumed by the thoughts of anyone."

-Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1)

"I think I might fetch you the moon if only to spare your tears again"

-Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1)

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21. Defy the Night (Defy the Night, #1)

By: Brigid Kemmerer

4.13

Format: 448 pages, ebook

The kingdom of Kandala is on the brink of disaster. Rifts between sectors have only worsened since … read more

Similar categories in Brigid Kemmerer's Defy the Night (Defy the Night, #1) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
"Mind your mettle, Tessa."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Defy the Night (Defy the Night, #1)

"When there are calls for revolution,"

-Brigid Kemmerer, Defy the Night (Defy the Night, #1)

"I’m not a killer. I heal people; I don’t harm them."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Defy the Night (Defy the Night, #1)

"I think that very few people truly deserve what they get, Tessa."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Defy the Night (Defy the Night, #1)

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22. Strike the Zither (Kingdom of Three, #1)

By: Joan He

3.74

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The year is 414 of the Xin Dynasty, and chaos abounds. A puppet empress is on the throne. The realm… read more

Similar categories in Joan He's Strike the Zither (Kingdom of Three, #1) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"When i was mortal, I thought myself a god."

-Joan He, Strike the Zither (Kingdom of Three, #1)

"People are more predictable than they care to admit."

-Joan He, Strike the Zither (Kingdom of Three, #1)

"You wound me I remove his hand and meet him in the eye. "No worse than I already have."

-Joan He, Strike the Zither (Kingdom of Three, #1)

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23. A Bright Heart (A Bright Heart, #1)

By: Kate Chenli

3.78

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

What if you could avenge your own murder? A brilliant young woman gets a second chance at life in t… read more

Similar categories in Kate Chenli's A Bright Heart (A Bright Heart, #1) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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24. Song of the Six Realms

By: Judy I. Lin

3.58

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Judy I. Lin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Magic Steeped in Poison, weaves a dreamy got… read more

Similar categories in Judy I. Lin's Song of the Six Realms book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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25. Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)

By: Xiran Jay Zhao

4.06

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots t… read more

Similar categories in Xiran Jay Zhao's Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"So what am I supposed to do?" "Your worst, of course."

-Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)

"Besides, don’t you know basic geometry, Strategist Sima?"

-Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)

"But a mother who has failed me so thoroughly is no mother of mine."

-Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)

"You don't think girls are afraid?" "Girls... know how to sacrifice."

-Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)

Cover of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1) by Amélie Wen Zhao

26. Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)

By: Amélie Wen Zhao

3.80

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

In a fallen kingdom, one girl carries the key to discovering the secrets of her nation’s past—and u… read more

Similar categories in Amélie Wen Zhao's Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"A sword's purpose may be determined by its wielder, but take the weapon away entirely, and neither the merciful nor the cruel may draw blood with it."

-Amélie Wen Zhao, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)

"What use are tears? Ying had murmured to her once, back when they had just crossed their twelfth cycle of life and the wounds of Lan’s losses still cut deep every night. The dead will neither feel th…"

-Amélie Wen Zhao, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)

"What use are tears? Ying had murmured to her once, back when they had just crossed their twelfth cycle of life and the wounds of Lan’s losses still cut deep every night. The dead will neither feel th…"

-Amélie Wen Zhao, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)

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27. Tales of the Celestial Kingdom (The Celestial Kingdom, #2.5)

By: Sue Lynn Tan

4.13

Format: 153 pages, Hardcover

Sue Lynn Tan’s highly acclaimed, bestselling Celestial Kingdom duology is expanded with this new c… read more

Similar categories in Sue Lynn Tan's Tales of the Celestial Kingdom (The Celestial Kingdom, #2.5) book and Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"I would move the stars for you," I said quietly, as something shifted into place inside me. "I would defy them all."

-Sue Lynn Tan, Tales of the Celestial Kingdom (The Celestial Kingdom, #2.5)

"The past is embedded in who we are, whether we choose to change or keep our course. Without our history, we are unmarked sheets of paper."

-Sue Lynn Tan, Tales of the Celestial Kingdom (The Celestial Kingdom, #2.5)

"As for him, he had learned his lesson better than I had, pursuing her with unwavering dedication, risking everything, even choosing her life over his."

-Sue Lynn Tan, Tales of the Celestial Kingdom (The Celestial Kingdom, #2.5)

"What was eternity to love? To be held by him this way, like I was the only person who mattered in the world, to feel this fullness in my chest, to have him beside me as we lay in our bed-all this was…"

-Sue Lynn Tan, Tales of the Celestial Kingdom (The Celestial Kingdom, #2.5)

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28. 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 Elizabeth Lim's Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #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)

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-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…"

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29. A Venom Dark and Sweet (The Book of Tea, #2)

By: Judy I. Lin

3.61

Format: 352 pages, None

The enthralling conclusion to Judy I. Lin's Book of Tea duology—A Magic Steeped in Poison and A Ven… read more

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"The bond of family is a kind of magic all its own."

-Judy I. Lin, A Venom Dark and Sweet (The Book of Tea, #2)

"To be human is to be vulnerable. To be human is to have more power than the gods will ever wield"

-Judy I. Lin, A Venom Dark and Sweet (The Book of Tea, #2)

"We all believe we are the center of the universe, but we forget we are merely specks among the stars. Moving through the streams of possible futures, sometimes colliding."

-Judy I. Lin, A Venom Dark and Sweet (The Book of Tea, #2)

"Magic does not belong to Shénnóng. It is not unique to one god or the other. Those are human terms, human rules. All magic is the same. It is only the vessel that shapes it."

-Judy I. Lin, A Venom Dark and Sweet (The Book of Tea, #2)

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30. These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)

By: Chloe Gong

3.83

Format: 449 pages, Hardcover

The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs ru… read more

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"It is never simple as one truth. Nothing ever is."

-Chloe Gong, These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)

"No, he is mine to deal with. He is mine to destroy."

-Chloe Gong, These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)

"You know me. Running around. Living life. Committing arson."

-Chloe Gong, These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)

"I was raised in hatred, Roma. I could never be your lover, only your killer."

-Chloe Gong, These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)

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31. 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

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