
The Merciless Ones
Namina Forna · Deathless #2
Shares chosen one, found family, rebellion & dark magic.
Read-alikes
Bloodmarked is chosen one, love triangle & rebellion — sweet (1/5), 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.
Picking up immediately after Legendborn, Bree Matthews has awakened as the Scion of Arthur — Bloodcrafter, Medium, and reluctant Crown — but is effectively imprisoned at the Legendborn Lodge while the corrupt Order refuses to act on Nick's kidnapping. Defying the Regents, Bree goes on the run with her friends to rescue Nick and confront an escalating demonic war, all while learning to wield ancestral powers that threaten to consume her. The sequel deepens the series' interrogation of a white supremacist institution through a Black heroine whose very bloodline rewrites the mythology from the inside.
Share the most of what makes Bloodmarked work.

Namina Forna · Deathless #2
Shares chosen one, found family, rebellion & dark magic.

Namina Forna · Deathless #1
Shares chosen one, found family, rebellion & dark magic.

Andrea Stewart · The Drowning Empire #1
Shares rebellion, dark magic & found family.

Shares dark magic, love triangle & chosen one.

Cassandra Clare · The Mortal Instruments #1
Shares love triangle, chosen one & found family.

Tracy Wolff · Crave #4
Shares love triangle, chosen one & found family.

Sue Lynn Tan · The Celestial Kingdom #2
Shares chosen one, love triangle & found family.

Rin Chupeco · The Bone Witch #1
Shares dark magic, chosen one & found family.

Sara Raasch · Snow Like Ashes #1
Shares chosen one, love triangle & rebellion.

Leigh Bardugo · Shadow and Bone #1
Shares chosen one, dark magic & love triangle.

Victoria Aveyard · Red Queen #1
Shares chosen one, rebellion & love triangle.

Victoria Aveyard · Red Queen #2
Shares rebellion, chosen one & love triangle.