
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas · A Court of Thorns and Roses #1
Hand-pickedShares captive / captor & enemies to lovers.
Read-alikes
From Blood and Ash is forbidden love, enemies to lovers & captive / captor — 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.
Penellaphe 'Poppy' Balfour has been raised as the Maiden — a sacred, veiled symbol of the gods, forbidden from being touched, seen, or desired — and is weeks away from her Ascension ceremony when her new guard, the enigmatic Hawke Flynn, upends everything. As violent attacks escalate and her sheltered world begins to crack, Poppy discovers that the kingdom she was chosen to serve is built on lies, and the man she has fallen for is not who he claims to be. What follows is a betrayal that reframes the entire story and launches an epic quest across warring kingdoms.
Share the most of what makes From Blood and Ash work.

Sarah J. Maas · A Court of Thorns and Roses #1
Hand-pickedShares captive / captor & enemies to lovers.

Carissa Broadbent · Crowns of Nyaxia #1
Hand-pickedShares enemies to lovers.

Jennifer L. Armentrout · Blood and Ash #5
Shares enemies to lovers, forbidden love, captive / captor & morally grey. Same author, too.

Danielle L. Jensen · The Bridge Kingdom #3
Shares enemies to lovers, forbidden love, morally grey & captive / captor.

Marie Rutkoski · The Winner's Trilogy #1
Shares forbidden love, captive / captor, enemies to lovers & morally grey.

Jennifer L. Armentrout · Blood and Ash #2
Shares captive / captor, enemies to lovers & morally grey. Same author, too.

Raven Kennedy · The Plated Prisoner #3
Shares enemies to lovers, morally grey & captive / captor.

Danielle L. Jensen · The Bridge Kingdom #4
Shares forbidden love, morally grey & captive / captor.

Harley Laroux · Souls #1
Shares captive / captor, morally grey & forbidden love.

Kerri Maniscalco · Kingdom of the Wicked #2
Shares enemies to lovers, forbidden love & morally grey.

Carissa Broadbent · Crowns of Nyaxia #3
Shares enemies to lovers, captive / captor & morally grey.

Laura Thalassa · The Four Horsemen #4
Shares enemies to lovers, captive / captor & forbidden love.