Books like The Betrayed
The Betrayed by Kiera Cass reads as adventurous, romantic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
What The Betrayed is like to read
A YA romantic fantasy conclusion balancing heartbreak, political intrigue, and family loyalty as Hollis navigates a new home and a lingering broken heart. Best for: fans of Kiera Cass's The Selection series wanting a sweet, dramatic romance conclusion with royal intrigue.
Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard · 2015
A propulsive, twist-driven YA fantasy where court intrigue, a forbidden royal romance, and a Red-vs-Silver rebellion collide — plot momentum and betrayal over prose craft.
Fearless
Lauren Roberts · 2025
A propulsive, emotionally charged trilogy finale that leans hard into the love-versus-loyalty dilemma, with dual-POV chapters and cliffhanger beats keeping the pages turning.
Winter
Marissa Meyer · 2015
The sweeping finale of a fairy-tale-inflected space saga, braiding four heroines' arcs toward a revolution against a tyrant queen.
The Betrothed
Kiera Cass · 2020
A light, romantic court drama following a young noblewoman torn between the glamour of becoming queen and a quieter, truer love with a commoner; emotionally earnest and accessible YA romance.
Lightlark
Alex Aster · 2022
A high-concept competition fantasy where six cursed rulers scheme, lie, and fall in love while racing to break their realms' curses — plot-forward and twist-driven with romance threaded through political survival.
A Curse So Dark and Lonely
Brigid Kemmerer · 2019
A Beauty-and-the-Beast retelling with a disabled heroine who refuses to be underestimated and a cursed prince inching back toward hope — romance-forward with kingdom-scale stakes braided in.
Daughter of the pirate king
Tricia Levenseller · 2017
A brash teen pirate captain lets herself get captured on purpose, turning the enemy ship into her playing field — a plot-forward YA adventure built on banter and cat-and-mouse tension.
Zodiac Academy 2
Caroline Peckham · 2019
A fast, plotting revenge-and-survival read at a magic academy, told through an ensemble of voices scheming against powerful rivals.
Siege and Storm
Leigh Bardugo · 2013
A middle-book chase across sea and shore where hiding the Sun Summoner's power is as fraught as the war closing in — plot-forward YA fantasy with romance and identity strain braided through.
The mortal instruments
Cassandra Clare · 2018
A fast, melodramatic urban-fantasy installment driven by a race-against-time rescue plot, thick with betrayal, demon politics, and star-crossed romantic anguish.
To Kill a Kingdom
Alexandra Christo · 2018
A murderous siren princess and a siren-hunting prince circle each other across the sea in an action-driven YA fantasy that leans hard into enemies-to-lovers tension and high-seas adventure.
Covet
Tracy Wolff · 2021
A high-drama paranormal-academy soap opera piling coronation politics, arrest warrants, and a fractured love life onto its heroine — plotty, propulsive, and emotionally maximalist.
About The Betrayed — what the genome says
Does The Betrayed have a happy ending?
Yes — the genome marks the romance arc as a guaranteed happily-ever-after (HEA).
Is The Betrayed a complete story or a cliffhanger?
The main arc resolves, with wider series threads left open.
How spicy is The Betrayed?
Low heat — mostly fade-to-black.
Who is The Betrayed for?
It's young adult — teen protagonists with crossover appeal.
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