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A Study in Drowning is 3 books, 2023–2025.

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A Court of Thorns and Roses
Kingdom of the Wicked (Kerri Maniscalco)
These Hollow Vows World
Wrath & Dawn
An Ember in the Ashes
The Bridge Kingdom
Caraval
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Bring Me Their Hearts

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

Emotional in tone, about fae, set in secondary world.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
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Kingdom of the Wicked (Kerri Maniscalco)Series

seriesKerri Maniscalco6 books2020

About demons.

“Kerri Maniscalco's trilogy follows Emilia, a Sicilian witch whose twin sister is murdered by a serial killer targeting witches, forcing her into an uneasy bargain with Wrath, one of the seven princes of Hell, to hunt the culprit.”
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These Hollow Vows WorldSeries

seriesLexi Ryan4 books2021

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Wrath & DawnSeries

seriesRenée Ahdieh5 books2015

Emotional and tense in tone, about forbidden love, set in middle east.

“Renée Ahdieh's duology concludes with The Rose & the Dagger.”
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An Ember in the AshesSeries

seriesSabaa Tahir4 books2015

Epic fantasy, tense in tone, set in secondary world.

“Sabaa Tahir's quartet, continuing through A Torch Against the Night, A Reaper at the Gates, and A Sky Beyond the Storm, follows the two toward a reckoning with the empire that trained one of them to enforce it.”
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The Bridge KingdomSeries

seriesDanielle L. Jensen7 books2018

Tense and emotional in tone, about war, set in secondary world.

“The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy.”
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CaravalSeries

seriesStephanie Garber4 books2017

Set in secondary world.

“The books form one continuing story rather than standalone volumes.”
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Once Upon a Broken HeartSeries

seriesStephanie Garber4 books2021

About curses and forbidden love, set in secondary world.

“Once Upon a Broken Heart and its sequels follow the fallout of that bargain across a fairy-tale-inflected world of curses and dangerous magic.”
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Bring Me Their HeartsSeries

seriesSara Wolf3 books2018

Set in secondary world.

“Controlled by a witch who keeps her heart in a jar, Zera is compelled to infiltrate the court of Crown Prince Lucien and seduce him in order to exchange his heart for her own.”
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What should I read after A Study in Drowning?: A Court of Thorns and Roses — the closest match to A Study in Drowning on what it is about, not on what sells.
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How big is A Study in Drowning?: A Study in Drowning is 3 books, 2023–2025.

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