Read-alikes

Books Like Dark Rise

Dark Rise is chosen one, enemies to lovers & hidden world / portal — sweet (1/5), third-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.

In 1821 London, sixteen-year-old dock boy Will flees the men who murdered his mother and discovers he is destined to fight alongside the Stewards, an ancient order sworn to prevent the Dark King's return. As reborn heroes and villains from a long-forgotten magical war begin to awaken around him, Will must reckon with his own nature — and whether the lines between Light and Dark are as clear as he was told.