Read-alikes

Books Like From Blood and Ash

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.