Read-alikes

Books Like Kill the Queen

Kill the Queen is fierce heroine, court intrigue & secret royalty — mild (2/5), 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.

Lady Everleigh Blair is a low-ranking royal in the gladiator kingdom of Bellona, dismissed as magically weak and politically irrelevant — until her ruthless cousin massacres the royal court and seizes the throne. Evie narrowly escapes with her life and goes into hiding with a travelling gladiator troupe, training to become a warrior while plotting to take back her kingdom.