Read-alikes

Books Like The Wicked King

The Wicked King is enemies to lovers, court intrigue & fae court — 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.

Five months after orchestrating Cardan's coronation, mortal Jude Duarte rules Elfhame from the shadows, holding the High King bound to her will by a year-long vow of obedience. When an agent of the treacherous Undersea kidnaps her and a traitor inside the court threatens everything she has built, Jude must survive assassination, political war, and her own dangerous feelings for Cardan — only to have the king outmanoeuvre her completely in a shattering final twist.