
The Book of Azrael
Amber V. Nicole · Gods and Monsters #1
Shares enemies to lovers, gods & immortals & slow burn.
Read-alikes
A Shadow in the Ember is assassin, forbidden love & enemies to lovers — spicy (4/5), first-person, ending on a hard-won happy ending. These 12 romantasy read-alikes are ranked by how much they share with it, closest first — each one explained.
Seraphena Mierel has been chosen since birth to become the Consort of Nyktos, the Primal of Death — but her true mission is far darker: seduce him, make him fall in love, and then assassinate him to save her rotting kingdom. When she finally enters his shadowed court, the cold, enigmatic Primal refuses to be what she expected, and the feelings she cannot afford to have begin to complicate everything. A Shadow in the Ember is a prequel to the From Blood and Ash series, set thousands of years before those events.
Share the most of what makes A Shadow in the Ember work.

Amber V. Nicole · Gods and Monsters #1
Shares enemies to lovers, gods & immortals & slow burn.

Laura Thalassa · The Four Horsemen #4
Shares enemies to lovers, gods & immortals & forbidden love.

Sarah A. Parker · The Moonfall Series #1
Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers & assassin.

Shelby Mahurin · Serpent & Dove #1
Shares enemies to lovers, slow burn & forbidden love.

Laura Thalassa · The Four Horsemen #1
Shares enemies to lovers, gods & immortals & slow burn.

Shares gods & immortals, enemies to lovers & slow burn.

Shares enemies to lovers, slow burn & forbidden love.

Penn Cole · Kindred's Curse #1
Shares enemies to lovers, slow burn & forbidden love.

Marie Rutkoski · The Winner's Trilogy #2
Shares forbidden love, enemies to lovers & slow burn.

Tahereh Mafi · This Woven Kingdom #1
Shares forbidden love, slow burn & enemies to lovers.

Adalyn Grace · Belladonna #1
Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers & forbidden love.

Elise Kova · Air Awakens #1
Shares enemies to lovers, forbidden love & slow burn.