9 Top magic books like Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1) by C.S. Pacat

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Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

By: C.S. Pacat

4.16

Format: 464 pages, ebook

The ancient world of magic is no more. Its heroes are dead, its halls are ruins, and its great batt…

"Kindness is never a mistake. Somewhere in the heart it is always remembered."

-C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

"Kindness is never a mistake. Somewhere in the heart it is always remembered."

-C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

"Kindness is never a mistake. Somewhere in the heart it is always remembered."

-C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

"Kindness is never a mistake," said the Elder Steward. "Somewhere in the heart it is always remembered."

-C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

If you liked the magic plot in Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1) by C.S. Pacat , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Raven King (All for the Game, #2)

By: Nora Sakavic

4.37

Format: 423 pages, ebook

The Foxes are a fractured mess, but their latest disaster might be the miracle they've always neede… read more

Similar categories in Nora Sakavic's The Raven King (All for the Game, #2) book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Some of the strongest people I’ve known are women."

-Nora Sakavic, The Raven King (All for the Game, #2)

"I am a bad person trying very hard to be a good person."

-Nora Sakavic, The Raven King (All for the Game, #2)

"You can't cut down someone who's already in the gutter."

-Nora Sakavic, The Raven King (All for the Game, #2)

"He ran until he couldn't breathe, but he never stopped hurting."

-Nora Sakavic, The Raven King (All for the Game, #2)

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2. The King's Men (All for the Game, #3)

By: Nora Sakavic

4.58

Format: 556 pages, ebook

Neil Josten is out of time. He knew when he came to PSU he wouldn't survive the year, but with his … read more

Similar categories in Nora Sakavic's The King's Men (All for the Game, #3) book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • fiction
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"He wouldn’t die a lie."

-Nora Sakavic, The King's Men (All for the Game, #3)

"If it means losing you, then no"

-Nora Sakavic, The King's Men (All for the Game, #3)

"Is your learning curve a horizontal line?"

-Nora Sakavic, The King's Men (All for the Game, #3)

"We're all going to die," Kevin said at last."

-Nora Sakavic, The King's Men (All for the Game, #3)

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3. The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)

By: Nora Sakavic

4.02

Format: 237 pages, ebook

Neil Josten is the newest addition to the Palmetto State University Exy team. He's short, he's fast… read more

Similar categories in Nora Sakavic's The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1) book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Shirt off."

-Nora Sakavic, The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)

"Are you stupid?"

-Nora Sakavic, The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)

"Give your back to me."

-Nora Sakavic, The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)

"I don’t understand suicide,"

-Nora Sakavic, The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)

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4. Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

By: C.S. Pacat

4.16

Format: 464 pages, ebook

The ancient world of magic is no more. Its heroes are dead, its halls are ruins, and its great batt… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1) book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Kindness is never a mistake. Somewhere in the heart it is always remembered."

-C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

"Kindness is never a mistake," said the Elder Steward. "Somewhere in the heart it is always remembered."

-C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

"I’m here to follow you.' His eyes were bright, his lips smiling, his hair gold in the shifting light from the fire. Will said, 'Of course you are."

-C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

"When the past is forgotten, then it can return. Only those who remember have the chance to stave it off. For the dark is never truly gone; it only waits for the world to forget, so that it may rise a…"

-C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

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5. The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)

By: Nora Sakavic

4.59

Format: None pages, None

My name is Jean Moreau. My place is at Evermore. I belong to the Moriyamas. It is a truth Jean h… read more

Similar categories in Nora Sakavic's The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4) book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"What you hold onto is less important than the act of holding on itself. It’s so easy to get lost in ourselves and this world. Sometimes you need to find your way back one tiny miracle at a time."

-Nora Sakavic, The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)

"Jean held onto his control with everything he had left after such a nightmarish day, but he could feel his grip slipping. Endure, he warned himself, and on its tail-end came a desperate How much must…"

-Nora Sakavic, The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)

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6. Otherworldly

By: F.T. Lukens

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of Spell Bound and So This Is Ever After. Seventeen-year-old E… read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's Otherworldly book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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7. All the Hidden Paths (The Tithenai Chronicles, #2)

By: Foz Meadows

4.20

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The follow-up to Foz Meadows's A Strange and Stubborn Endurance , a sultry political & romantic fan… read more

Similar categories in Foz Meadows's All the Hidden Paths (The Tithenai Chronicles, #2) book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"[Markel signing] '...If I'd just been a little sharper--' 'You're plenty sharp, Markel,' I said, smiling at him. 'Like an oddly maternal knife."

-Foz Meadows, All the Hidden Paths (The Tithenai Chronicles, #2)

"I can feel the pair of you mother-henning me from here,' Vel called from the bathroom door. 'It smacks of conspiracy.' 'You'll be cared about and you'll like it!' Cae called back."

-Foz Meadows, All the Hidden Paths (The Tithenai Chronicles, #2)

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8. A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

By: Freya Marske

4.29

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

A Power Unbound is the final entry in Freya Marske’s beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, t… read more

Similar categories in Freya Marske's A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3) book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Ross said, “Ask me if I’ve been paid for it."

-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

"Now it was Maud's turn to laugh. She gave Jack an affectionate look from her position on the floor. Intolerable. Jack was never going to rid himself of any of these people."

-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

"I would write you into immortality. I would trap you in ink and wear the pages next to my skin until they fell apart. Kiss me until I know you. Kiss me until you know me, unmake me, and love me anywa…"

-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

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9. The Darkness Outside Us

By: Eliot Schrefer

4.32

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Two boys, alone in space. After the first settler on Titan trips her distress signal, neither re… read more

Similar categories in Eliot Schrefer's The Darkness Outside Us book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Wow, that was salty. I kind of like it,"

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

"Today he smells like motor oil. It's sort of exotic-erotic."

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

"Intimacy is the only shield against insanity. Intimacy, not knowledge. Intimacy, not power."

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

"I can manually debug a few hundred thousand lines. It won't be fun, but I ... who am I kidding, it will be fun."

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

Cover of Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) by S.T. Gibson

10. Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

By: S.T. Gibson

3.66

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

The Devil knows your name, David Aristarkhov. As a teen, David Aristarkhov was a psychic prodig… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"He looked as he always did: slightly underfed, terminally scholastic, and two weeks overdue for a haircut."

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

"She didn't quite share her husband's passion for antiquarian books, but she understood it. She understood that if you cracked Rhys open, he would probably have paperback pages inside him instead of o…"

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

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11. A Taste of Gold and Iron (Mahisti Dynasty, #1)

By: Alexandra Rowland

4.05

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The Goblin Emperor meets "Magnificent Century" in Alexandra Rowland's A Taste of Gold and Iron, whe… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Rowland's A Taste of Gold and Iron (Mahisti Dynasty, #1) book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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12. The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence, #1)

By: K.D. Edwards

4.18

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

Rune Saint John, last child of the fallen Sun Court, is hired to search for Lady Judgment's missing… read more

Similar categories in K.D. Edwards's The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence, #1) book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Oh, I get it. You think this is one of them big, fancy rescues. Boy are you about to be embarrassed."

-K.D. Edwards, The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence, #1)

"As I fished for my keys, Brand said, a little hesitantly, "That woman. The fake seer. She didn't bother you too much with what she said, right?" "Nah," I mumbled. He watched my face closely. "'Nah'?"…"

-K.D. Edwards, The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence, #1)

"There are moments in your life that are so impossibly large that it’s difficult to even comprehend them. They make your very bones vibrate. Standing there, it was like my future spiraled outward. Wav…"

-K.D. Edwards, The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence, #1)

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13. A Strange and Stubborn Endurance (The Tithenai Chronicles, #1)

By: Foz Meadows

4.02

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

“Stolen me? As soon to say a caged bird can be stolen by the sky.” Velasin vin Aaro never planne… read more

Similar categories in Foz Meadows's A Strange and Stubborn Endurance (The Tithenai Chronicles, #1) book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"…rest assured, making a spectacle of myself by kissing strange men at parties is one of my foremost skill sets."

-Foz Meadows, A Strange and Stubborn Endurance (The Tithenai Chronicles, #1)

"I didn’t know wether I’d acted as I had because I wanted to live or because I hope to die; only that, either way, I hadn’t succeeded."

-Foz Meadows, A Strange and Stubborn Endurance (The Tithenai Chronicles, #1)

"It was like being haunted: I had no control over what apparently innocent thing would suddenly turn spectre, making me fear his hands, his voice, as though it were happening again; as though, in some…"

-Foz Meadows, A Strange and Stubborn Endurance (The Tithenai Chronicles, #1)

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14. Ravensong (Green Creek, #2)

By: T.J. Klune

4.41

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Ravensong is the second book in the Green Creek Series, the beloved fantasy romance sensation by Ne… read more

Similar categories in T.J. Klune's Ravensong (Green Creek, #2) book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
"He softened, and it felt green. “I’ll be your hands."

-T.J. Klune, Ravensong (Green Creek, #2)

"Estaba cansado de estar siempre al otro lado del cielo, de crecer y menguar, y de desaparecer por completo"

-T.J. Klune, Ravensong (Green Creek, #2)

"Thankfully I remembered I was a hard-core thirty-nine-year-old redneck before I swooned a little. It was close, though."

-T.J. Klune, Ravensong (Green Creek, #2)

"You could have become the villain, Gordo. And it would have been within your rights. Instead you just chose to be an asshole."

-T.J. Klune, Ravensong (Green Creek, #2)

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15. Wolfsong (Green Creek, #1)

By: T.J. Klune

4.24

Format: 511 pages, Hardcover

The Bennett family has a secret: They're not just a family, they're a pack. Wolfsong is Ox Matheso… read more

Similar categories in T.J. Klune's Wolfsong (Green Creek, #1) book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"You were his, Ox. Even then. And he was yours."

-T.J. Klune, Wolfsong (Green Creek, #1)

"A shattered heart can be heavier than a broken limb."

-T.J. Klune, Wolfsong (Green Creek, #1)

"He said, " I'm a witch." And I said, "You're a wizard, Harry,"

-T.J. Klune, Wolfsong (Green Creek, #1)

"And Joe. Joe sang the loudest of all. He said, "You belong to me."

-T.J. Klune, Wolfsong (Green Creek, #1)

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16. Most Ardently

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A trans boy searches for a future―and a romance―in which he can live and love openly as himself in … read more

Similar categories in Gabe Cole Novoa's Most Ardently book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"I love you, Oliver," Darcy said, "Most ardently."

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

"We're permitted to bring a guest,' Darcy said. 'We could bring a guest every week if we wanted to. I'd be happy to make you mine.' Oliver arched an eyebrow. Darcy's face flushed pink. 'My... guest. T…"

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

"Just the notion of being able to spend multiple days as himself made Oliver feel lighter. He finished his tea and stood, the heaviness of his argument with his mother melting away at the prospect of …"

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

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17. Prince of the Sorrows (Rowan Blood, #1)

By: Kellen Graves

3.99

Format: 393 pages, Paperback

Without an academic endorsement to make him valuable to the high fey, Saffron will be sent back thr… read more

Similar categories in Kellen Graves's Prince of the Sorrows (Rowan Blood, #1) book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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18. So This Is Ever After

By: F.T. Lukens

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Carry On meets Arthurian legend in this funny, subversive young adult fantasy about what happens af… read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's So This Is Ever After book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Well, your princess isn't in another tower. She's dead."

-F.T. Lukens, So This Is Ever After

"His horrible, beautiful face and his stupid perfect magic and his snarky hilarious comments. It bothered me that he felt guilty over my predicament. It bothered me that he felt stuck here in the cast…"

-F.T. Lukens, So This Is Ever After

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19. The Scottish Boy

By: Alex de Campi

4.16

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

1333. Edward III is at war with Scotland. Nineteen-year-old Sir Harry de Lyon yearns to prove himse… read more

Similar categories in Alex de Campi's The Scottish Boy book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"Iain,’ he says softly. ‘If you’re in heaven, I cannot let you go. I keep seeing you, trying to put you back in the world by sheer force of desire. I saw you in the Black Knight, and I feel like every…"

-Alex de Campi, The Scottish Boy

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20. Spell Bound

By: F.T. Lukens

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in t… read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Sometimes a family was a mischievous magical boss, her magical rival turned friend, a magical girl who used to be a babysitter and now was like an older sister, and the person you didn't understand i…"

-F.T. Lukens, Spell Bound

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21. Icarus

By: K. Ancrum

4.08

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, this… read more

Similar categories in K. Ancrum's Icarus book and C.S. Pacat's Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

20 Top fiction books like Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1) by C.S. Pacat

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Nora Sakavic

4.37

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Nora Sakavic

4.58

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Nora Sakavic

4.02

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4.16

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