Read-alikes

Books Like Lies We Sing to the Sea

Lies We Sing to the Sea is forbidden love, prophecy & gods & immortals — 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.

Each spring, the cursed island of Ithaca sacrifices twelve maidens to appease Poseidon for an ancient crime—the execution of twelve maids ordered by Odysseus. When orphan Leto faces this fate, she awakens instead on a mysterious island alongside Melantho, a girl cursed to command the tides who believes killing Prince Mathias, the last descendant of Odysseus, will finally break the cycle. As Leto, Melantho, and Mathias are drawn together by secrets and desire, each must decide how far they will go to end a suffering that has lasted centuries.