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Books like Forbidden Tears: 9 series to read next

Forbidden Tears is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Forbidden Tears is 3 books, 2023–2025.

“Years later, just as Brianna seeks a fresh start, the nightmare returns — and so does Cameron.”
from the catalogue description of Ruled by Fate

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Karou
Broken Destiny
Fallen
His Dark Materials
Entwined Realms
Embrace / The Violet Eden Chapters
The Mortal Instruments
The Circle Trilogy
Saga of the Unfated

KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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Broken DestinySeries

seriesJeaniene Frost3 books2014

Fantasy and paranormal romance, set in contemporary.

“Across The Beautiful Ashes, The Sweetest Burn, and The Brightest Embers, the search for that relic pulls the pair toward a confrontation that could remake both worlds.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Beautiful Ashes →

FallenSeries

seriesLauren Kate7 books2009

About reincarnation.

“Lauren Kate's Fallen opens with Luce Price, sent to a reform school in Savannah after a fire she can't explain, where she meets Daniel, a boy she is certain she has met before.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fallen →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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Entwined RealmsSeries

seriesDanielle Monsch7 books2013

About enemies to lovers.

“Women riding motorcycles with large swords strapped to their backs?”
from the catalogue description of Stone Guardian

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Embrace / The Violet Eden ChaptersSeries

seriesJessica Shirvington5 books2010

“Seventeen-year-old Violet Eden's world is turned upside down when she falls for the sexy and aloof Lincoln and discovers he is part angel and part human.”
from the catalogue description of Embrace

Start with Embrace →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue description

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The Circle TrilogySeries

seriesNora Roberts3 books2006

About vampires.

“In the last days of high summer, with lightning striking blue in a black sky, the sorcerer stood on a high cliff overlooking the raging sea . . .”
from the catalogue description of Morrigan's Cross

Start with Morrigan's Cross →

Saga of the UnfatedSeries

seriesDanielle L. Jensen2 books2024

Romantasy, about gods and enemies to lovers.

“Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior.”
from the catalogue description of A Fate Inked in Blood

Start with A Fate Inked in Blood →

Why these

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Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Forbidden Tears?: Karou — the closest match to Forbidden Tears on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Forbidden Tears?: Ruled by Fate. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Forbidden Tears.
How big is Forbidden Tears?: Forbidden Tears is 3 books, 2023–2025.

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