Books like To Kill a Kingdom
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo reads as adventurous, romantic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
What To Kill a Kingdom is like to read
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. Best for: YA readers who want a dark fairytale retelling with a lethal heroine and enemies-to-lovers slow burn.
The Cruel Prince
Holly Black · 2018
A sharp, morally-gray faerie court intrigue where a mortal girl claws for power among those who despise her — cool, calculating prose that builds to escalating betrayals and a barbed enemies-to-lovers charge.
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas · 2015
A Beauty-and-the-Beast retelling that opens grim and hungry, warms into a lush faerie romance, then pivots into a trial-driven final act — propulsive, sensual, and unabashedly tropey.
Serpent and Dove
Shelby Mahurin · 2019
A witch-and-witch-hunter forced marriage sets up an enemies-to-lovers slow burn against a backdrop of Church-vs-coven war.
Dance of thieves
Mary Pearson · 2018
An outlaw dynasty's new young leader collides with a young queen who becomes the target of his family's resentment, setting up a power struggle braided with a forbidden attraction.
Crier's War
Nina Varela · 2019
A dual-POV YA-adjacent fantasy where a servant's revenge plot collides with the forbidden pull toward the Made girl she means to kill — atmospheric, politically charged, and slow-burning.
The Serpent & the Wings of Night
Carissa Broadbent · 2022
A deadly tournament backdrop fuels a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers arc where every alliance could be a trap.
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.
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.
From Blood and Ash
Jennifer L. Armentrout · 2020
A forbidden-romance romantasy where a sheltered chosen-one heroine and her golden-eyed guard slow-burn through banter into betrayal and destiny.
WINGS OF STARLIGHT
Allison Saft · 2025
A lushly romantic Disney Fairies origin story where a warm-season fairy and a winter guardian fall into a forbidden bond against seasonal law — atmospheric, dreamy, and quietly ach
King of Scars
Leigh Bardugo · 2019
A returning-cast fantasy that braids a young king's fight to hold his fractured country with a darker inner corruption threatening to consume him.
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.
About To Kill a Kingdom — what the genome says
Is To Kill a Kingdom a complete story or a cliffhanger?
It's a complete, standalone-satisfying story.
How scary is To Kill a Kingdom?
Mildly eerie — tension without real scares.
How spicy is To Kill a Kingdom?
Low heat — mostly fade-to-black.
Who is To Kill a Kingdom for?
It's young adult — teen protagonists with crossover appeal.
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