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What should you read after Rebecca Yarros’s novel? It depends on what you loved most about it.

  • Rebecca Yarros
  • 2023
  • 512 pages
  • Romantasy
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  1. A Court of Thorns and Roses book cover
    Best overall match

    A Court of Thorns and Roses

    Sarah J. Maas

    The book Fourth Wing is descended from: fae courts instead of dragons, the same enemies-to-lovers escalation, and a series that gets considerably steamier as it goes.

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    • Enemies to lovers
    • The spice
    • Constant cliffhangers
    • The first hundred pages drag
  2. The Cruel Prince book cover
    Great match

    The Cruel Prince

    Holly Black

    Holly Black writes the sharpest enemies-to-lovers in the genre: a mortal girl in the faerie court who works out that being underestimated is a weapon.

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    • Enemies to lovers
    • Banter
    • An underestimated heroine
    • YA heat — nothing explicit
  3. His Majesty's Dragon book cover
    Best for dragons with opinions

    His Majesty's Dragon

    Naomi Novik

    The best dragon-and-rider bond in fantasy: a Napoleonic naval captain and the dragon he accidentally hatches, arguing about battle tactics and what to read next.

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    • Dragons with opinions
    • Banter
    • Constant cliffhangers
    • No romance whatsoever
  4. From Blood and Ash book cover
    Best for the spice

    From Blood and Ash

    Jennifer L. Armentrout

    If the Xaden chapters were why you kept turning pages, Armentrout skips most of the plot and delivers that same dynamic at roughly triple the temperature.

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    • The spice
    • Enemies to lovers
    • Constant cliffhangers
    • World-building is extremely thin
  5. The Poppy War book cover
    Worth a look — with a warning

    The Poppy War

    R. F. Kuang

    A war academy where the training genuinely maims people and a peasant girl who claws her way in — all of the brutality Fourth Wing gestures at, unsoftened.

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    • A school that kills you
    • An underestimated heroine
    • Enemies to lovers
    • No romance at all
  6. The Name of the Wind book cover
    Great match

    The Name of the Wind

    Patrick Rothfuss

    For the school rather than the war: Kvothe talks his way into a university of magic with no money and far too much talent, and the writing is a level up.

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    • An underestimated heroine
    • A school that kills you
    • Banter
    • Almost no romance

What should you read after Fourth Wing?

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros works on several levels at once, and which book you should read next depends on which of those levels got you. For most readers the closest match is A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas — the book Fourth Wing is descended from: fae courts instead of dragons, the same enemies-to-lovers escalation, and a series that gets considerably steamier as it goes.

If what stayed with you was enemies to lovers, read The Cruel Prince by Holly Black instead: holly Black writes the sharpest enemies-to-lovers in the genre: a mortal girl in the faerie court who works out that being underestimated is a weapon. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik is the other strong option — the best dragon-and-rider bond in fantasy: a Napoleonic naval captain and the dragon he accidentally hatches, arguing about battle tactics and what to read next.

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