
Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard · Red Queen #1
Shares rebellion, love triangle & court intrigue. Same author, too.
Read-alikes
King's Cage is captive / captor, love triangle & rebellion — 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.
Following her surrender at the end of Glass Sword, Mare Barrow is imprisoned in King Maven's palace, her lightning powers suppressed by Silent Stone and her days spent enduring psychological manipulation at the hands of the boy she once loved. While Mare navigates captivity and Maven's dangerous obsession, the Scarlet Guard and an uneasy Cal mount a rescue mission — setting the stage for a battle that will force every character to choose between love, duty, and the throne.
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Victoria Aveyard · Red Queen #1
Shares rebellion, love triangle & court intrigue. Same author, too.

Victoria Aveyard · Red Queen #2
Shares rebellion, morally grey & love triangle. Same author, too.

Sarah J. Maas · Throne of Glass #2
Shares court intrigue, morally grey & love triangle.

S.A. Chakraborty · The Daevabad Trilogy #2
Shares court intrigue, morally grey & rebellion.

Holly Black · The Folk of the Air #2
Shares court intrigue, captive / captor & morally grey.

Lynette Noni · The Prison Healer #2
Shares court intrigue, captive / captor & morally grey.

Sabaa Tahir · An Ember in the Ashes #3
Shares rebellion, morally grey & love triangle.

Tasha Suri · The Burning Kingdoms #1
Shares captive / captor, morally grey & rebellion.

Mary E. Pearson · The Remnant Chronicles #2
Shares captive / captor, love triangle & morally grey.

Stephanie Garber · Caraval #2
Shares love triangle, court intrigue & morally grey.

Kristin Cashore · Graceling Realm #2
Shares morally grey, court intrigue & love triangle.

Holly Black · The Stolen Heir Duology #2
Shares captive / captor, morally grey & court intrigue.