Books Like Daughter of the Moon Goddess
If you finished Daughter of the Moon Goddess and want more gods and mythology, love triangle, slow burn, start here. Each pick shares at least two tropes with it, and we've rated every one for spice and darkness so you know what you're getting into.
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The picks
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1. Gods of Jade and Shadow
Shares: gods and mythology, slow burn
Casiopea scrubs floors for her awful grandfather in 1920s Mexico until she opens an old chest and frees Hun-Kamé, the Maya god of death. They road-trip to get his throne back. More fable than romance, with a bittersweet ending.
- Gods and Mythology
- Forbidden Love
- Slow Burn
- Forced Proximity
Content warnings
Physical or emotional abuse, Graphic violence
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2. Red Queen
Shares: court intrigue, love triangle
Silver blood rules and red blood serves, and Mare is a Red with a power she shouldn't have. The king hides her in plain sight by betrothing her to his younger son. Peak 2015 YA: two princes, an arena and a twist people still argue about.
- Court Intrigue
- Love Triangle
- Forbidden Love
- Arranged Marriage
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder, War
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3. The Iron King
Shares: love triangle, court intrigue
On her sixteenth birthday Meghan Chase learns she's the daughter of the Summer King, right as her little brother gets stolen into the Nevernever. Puck, Ash of the Winter Court and fae made of iron. Very 2010 YA, and Ash is why people still recommend it.
- Fae
- Love Triangle
- Forbidden Love
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
Kidnapping, Graphic violence
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4. The Kiss of Deception
Shares: love triangle, slow burn
Princess Lia bolts from her arranged wedding to a seaside village, and two new boys turn up: the prince she jilted and the assassin sent to kill her. The book hides which is which for a long time. That trick is the whole fun.
- Assassins
- Love Triangle
- Arranged Marriage
- Slow Burn
Content warnings
Kidnapping, Graphic violence, Murder
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5. Throne of Glass
Shares: love triangle, court intrigue
An assassin dragged out of a salt mine to compete for the king's favor. Book one reads young. Stick with it, because by book four it's a full-blown fae war epic.
- Assassins
- Deadly Trials
- Love Triangle
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder, Death of a loved one
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6. A Fate Inked in Blood
Shares: gods and mythology, slow burn, court intrigue
Viking romantasy. Freya is a shield maiden with a prophecy on her head and a jarl's son who is very much not her husband. Feels like Vikings meets a political chess game.
- Gods and Mythology
- Slow Burn
- Forbidden Love
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
War, Graphic violence, Physical or emotional abuse
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7. An Heir Comes to Rise
Shares: slow burn, court intrigue
Faythe is a human in a fae-ruled kingdom hiding the fact that she can slip inside other people's minds. Once the wrong king finds out, she's a weapon whether she likes it or not. It starts YA-ish and slow, and fans swear the series improves a lot from book two.
- Fae
- Slow Burn
- Fated Mates
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder, Death of a loved one
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8. Belladonna
Shares: slow burn, gods and mythology
Signa can't die, which is how she ends up orphaned at a gloomy Victorian estate where a ghost wants her to solve her own poisoning. Her love interest is Death himself, mostly in shadow form. Cozy-spooky and very October.
- Forbidden Love
- Slow Burn
- Gods and Mythology
Content warnings
Murder, Death of a loved one
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9. Divine Rivals
Shares: slow burn, gods and mythology
Iris and Roman are rival reporters at the same paper while a war between two gods creeps toward their city. She types letters to her missing brother on a magic typewriter, and someone writes back. Soft, sad and very You've Got Mail.
- Enemies to Lovers
- Slow Burn
- Gods and Mythology
Content warnings
War, Death of a loved one, Drug or alcohol abuse
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10. Fireborne
Shares: love triangle, slow burn
Annie and Lee were both orphaned by a revolution and now compete to lead the new regime's dragonriders. His family was the old regime the revolution burned. Political, closed door, and the bond between riders and dragons is the best part.
- Dragons
- Academies and War Colleges
- Deadly Trials
- Love Triangle
Content warnings
War, Genocide, Graphic violence, Death of a loved one
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11. Lightlark
Shares: love triangle, court intrigue
Every hundred years the island of Lightlark appears for the Centennial, a deadly game where six rulers fight to break their curses. Isla, the Wildling ruler, is hiding more than most. The TikTok hype was enormous and the reviews are split. Read it for the twists, not the prose.
- Deadly Trials
- Curses
- Love Triangle
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
Murder, Graphic violence
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12. Seraphina
Shares: court intrigue, slow burn
In Goredd, dragons can fold themselves into human shape, and the treaty keeping the peace is barely holding. Seraphina is a court musician hiding exactly what she is. The romance with Prince Lucian is slow and sweet, and the prose is gorgeous if you don't mind a gentle pace.
- Dragons
- Forbidden Love
- Court Intrigue
- Slow Burn
Content warnings
Murder, Physical or emotional abuse
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13. Shadow and Bone
Shares: love triangle, court intrigue
Alina is a mapmaker who turns out to be the Sun Summoner, so she's hauled off to the Little Palace to train under the Darkling while her best friend Mal is left behind. Half the fandom read the trilogy for the Darkling and nobody's sorry.
- Love Triangle
- Morally Gray
- Court Intrigue
- Academies and War Colleges
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder, War
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14. Spark of the Everflame
Shares: gods and mythology, court intrigue, love triangle
Diem is a mortal healer in a kingdom run by the Descended, godlike rulers who treat humans as disposable. Her mother disappears, a rebellion wants her, and a Descended prince named Luther keeps showing up. A self-published hit that got a big reissue, and the series is finally finished.
- Gods and Mythology
- Forbidden Love
- Court Intrigue
- Love Triangle
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder, Death of a loved one
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15. A Feather So Black
Shares: slow burn, court intrigue
Fern is a changeling who never fit at the human court that raised her, and the Otherworld is calling her back. Built on Irish myth with a love story that should not happen. Gorgeous prose, and a pace you have to be in the mood for.
- Fae
- Forbidden Love
- Slow Burn
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Death of a loved one
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