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Books Like Trial of the Sun Queen

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.