
An Ember in the Ashes
Sabaa Tahir · An Ember in the Ashes #1
Shares rebellion, slow burn, morally grey & forbidden love.
Read-alikes
The Jasmine Throne is slow burn, forbidden love & captive / captor — 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.
Malini, an imperial princess imprisoned in the ancient Hirana temple by her fanatical emperor brother, survives on the edge of forced immolation. Priya is the temple's maidservant — outwardly ordinary, secretly one of the last temple children with forbidden magic rooted in the conquered land of Ahiranya. When Malini discovers Priya's power, both women see in each other an unlikely path to survival and revenge, entangling their fates in a web of colonial politics, magical plague, and insurrection.
Share the most of what makes The Jasmine Throne work.

Sabaa Tahir · An Ember in the Ashes #1
Shares rebellion, slow burn, morally grey & forbidden love.

Danielle L. Jensen · The Bridge Kingdom #4
Shares forbidden love, rebellion, morally grey & captive / captor.

Tasha Suri · The Burning Kingdoms #2
Shares forbidden love, rebellion & morally grey. Same author, too.

Jay Kristoff · Empire of the Vampire #1
Shares morally grey, forbidden love & slow burn.

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

Leigh Bardugo · King of Scars Duology #2
Shares slow burn, forbidden love & morally grey.

Maggie Stiefvater · The Raven Cycle #2
Shares forbidden love, morally grey & slow burn.

Laini Taylor · Daughter of Smoke and Bone #2
Shares forbidden love, morally grey & rebellion.

Marissa Meyer · The Lunar Chronicles #2
Shares morally grey, forbidden love & rebellion.

Sarah J. Maas · Crescent City #3
Shares captive / captor, slow burn & rebellion.

Raven Kennedy · The Plated Prisoner #2
Shares captive / captor, slow burn & morally grey.

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