Read-alikes

Books Like The Heart Forger

The Heart Forger is enemies to lovers, dark magic & quest — 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.

Tea, a bone witch with the power to raise the dead, emerges from exile driven by vengeance against the royals who wronged her and killed her true love. Commanding seven fearsome daeva, she travels to distant kingdoms seeking the legendary heart forger while those in power plot to use her dark magic for their own ends. Told through a dual-timeline frame narrative, the story reveals how Tea walks the razor's edge between protector and destroyer.