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Books Like House of Earth and Blood

If you loved House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas, these 12 books share its tropes (enemies to lovers, found family, slow burn) and sit at a similar heat and darkness (it rates 3/5 for spice and 4/5 for darkness). Each pick says what it has in common, so you can choose before you buy.

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   1. The Stars Are Dying

   Chloe C. Peñaranda

   Shares found family, slow burn, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 4/5.

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   2. Two Twisted Crowns

   Rachel Gillig

   Shares found family, slow burn, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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   3. Wings of Silver and Lilac: An Epic Romantasy (Dragon Touched Book 1)

   Robyn Wolfe

   Shares found family, slow burn, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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   4. Reaper Academy 1: Shattered and Returned

   Meg Xuemei X

   Shares found family, slow burn, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 4/5.

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   5. Iron & Embers: The Ashes of Thezmarr, Book 1

   Helen Scheuerer

   Shares found family, slow burn, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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   6. Wicked Onyx (Special Edition): A Dark Academia Romantasy (The Veritas Legacy)

   Debbie Cassidy

   Shares found family, slow burn, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   7. The Tale of Longing Flames: A Slow-Burn Fae-Witch Romantasy (The Legends of Light and Dark Book 2)

   Sandra Winter

   Shares found family, slow burn, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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   8. Tyler’s Rule (Skeleton Crew, #3)

   Jolie Vines

   Shares found family, slow burn; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 4/5.

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   9. Zodiac Academy 9: Restless Stars

   Caroline Peckham

   Shares found family, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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    10. One Dark Window

    Rachel Gillig

    Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 4/5.

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    11. The Book of Azrael

    Amber V. Nicole

    Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 4/5.

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    12. The Dark Is Descending: A Nytefall Novel (Nytefall Trilogy, 3)

    Chloe C. Peñaranda

    Shares found family, slow burn; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 4/5.

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Matches are calculated from Readark’s own tags: shared tropes (rarer ones count more), subgenre, and how close the spice and darkness ratings are. Books from the same series are left out — see the reading order instead. How we rate