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Raven Kennedy · The Plated Prisoner #3
Shares enemies to lovers, captive / captor & court intrigue.
Read-alikes
Trial of the Sun Queen is trials & tournaments, enemies to lovers & captive / captor — steamy (3/5), 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.
After twelve years imprisoned under the brutal Aurora King, Lor is unexpectedly thrust into the Sun Queen Trials — a deadly competition where ten women vie for the Sun King's heart. Winning means freedom and a shot at revenge; losing means death or return to her captor. As an outsider among the tributes, Lor must navigate court politics, lethal rivals, and an attraction she cannot afford.
Share the most of what makes Trial of the Sun Queen work.

Raven Kennedy · The Plated Prisoner #3
Shares enemies to lovers, captive / captor & court intrigue.

Shares enemies to lovers, court intrigue & fierce heroine.

Danielle L. Jensen · The Bridge Kingdom #3
Shares enemies to lovers, court intrigue & captive / captor.

Carissa Broadbent · Crowns of Nyaxia #3
Shares enemies to lovers, captive / captor & court intrigue.

Raven Kennedy · The Plated Prisoner #5
Shares captive / captor, enemies to lovers & court intrigue.

Amanda Bouchet · Kingmaker Chronicles #1
Shares captive / captor, enemies to lovers & fierce heroine.

Jeaniene Frost · Night Huntress #1
Shares enemies to lovers, captive / captor & fierce heroine.

Chloe Gong · Flesh and False Bone #1
Shares enemies to lovers, trials & tournaments & court intrigue.

Sarah J. Maas · A Court of Thorns and Roses #1
Shares captive / captor, enemies to lovers & trials & tournaments.

Holly Black · The Folk of the Air #2
Shares enemies to lovers, court intrigue & captive / captor.

Lynette Noni · The Prison Healer #2
Shares enemies to lovers, court intrigue & captive / captor.

V.E. Schwab · Shades of Magic #2
Shares trials & tournaments, enemies to lovers & fierce heroine.