Read-alikes

Books Like Shadow and Bone

Shadow and Bone is chosen one, villain love interest & dark magic — sweet (1/5), 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.

Alina Starkov is an orphaned soldier in the war-torn kingdom of Ravka, split in two by the Shadow Fold — a vast stretch of living darkness swarming with flesh-eating monsters. When she manifests an extraordinary and long-dormant power as a Sun Summoner, she is torn from her best friend and sent to train with the Grisha, Ravka's magical elite, under the command of their brilliant and enigmatic leader, the Darkling. As Alina discovers the depth of her own power, she begins to uncover darker truths about the Darkling's intentions — and about the Fold itself.