Read-alikes

Books Like Cress

Cress is forced proximity, insta-love & grumpy / sunshine — sweet (1/5), multi-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.

Crescent 'Cress' Moon, a teenage hacker held captive in a satellite since childhood, has spent years spying for Queen Levana while secretly tracking the fugitive crew of the Rampion — and nurturing a fierce crush on the roguish Captain Thorne. When Cinder's crew attempts a daring rescue, Levana's Head Thaumaturge intervenes and the group is violently scattered, leaving Cress and a newly blinded Thorne stranded in the Sahara Desert. A Rapunzel-inspired sci-fi retelling in which the damsel turns out to be the most dangerous hacker on the planet, and the dashing 'hero' has to learn to trust someone other than himself.