6 Fantasy Books Similar To “The Cruel Prince” 

The Cruel Prince is a story of a young mortal girl, Jude, whose ‘Never Give up’ behaviour and ‘let’s fight against the vicious people around’ attitude not only helps to survive among the monsters but find a place among the authoritarians. The girl is living with her 2 sisters, one of them is twin to Jude. 

Jude faces abuse from the Prince of the Faerie world, Carden. The twist is, one of his friends, Taryn, has sympathy for Jude and later in the story they fall for each other. Jude also finds her place in the castle when Carden’s elder brother has a special task for Jude. 

Book Author: Holly Black.

Publishing Date: January 2018

Ratings: 4.1/5

Characters: Carden Greenbriar, Jude Duarte, Locke, Taryn Duarte, Vivienne, Madoc, Oak, Dian Greenbriar. 

Category: Fantasy 

Truthwitch, By Susan Dennard

Truthwitch, the story of two witches. People love the concept of the book where the projection about witches intrigues the readers about what is going to happen next. The story of Safia and her best friend from Nobel Family Insult.

With an agenda to save the world, Safi and Isuelt are on the run. With young fellows with ambitions, there is always a love story. Safi, on her journey meets Merik, Prince of Nubrevna, and they both become allies. No wonder how powerful you are, there is always a villain in the story who would do anything cruel to crush you down. 

Here, Aeduan is after Safi where in the end Iseult helps her to get rid of the villain in a really dramatic and clever manner. The reviews left for the book unanimously said that they were highly inspired.

Book Author: Susan Dennard

Publishing Date: January 2016

Ratings: 4.4/5

Characters: Safiya Hasstrel, Iseult Midenzi, Aeduan, Merik Nihar. 

Category: Fantasy Fiction. 

House Of Earth And Blood, Book By Sarah J. Maas

The book is all about the story of supernatural creatures on a planet named Midgard. The story is great but the way author Sarah has put the myth of today’s world into a form of story sparks the interest to keep moving till the end in the book. If you are a romance lover or a soft-hearted person , you won’t enjoy much of the story. But for sure the one who is ok with violence part will love it

In the story, A half man named Fae named Bryce and a fallen angel Hunt. A wolf shifter Danika killed Bryce’s friend and Bryce is in search of Danika. In the search, Hunt joins him and their journey and fall for each other. The theme of the novel shows the contrast of ‘power of love’ and ‘love for power’.

Book Author: Sarah J. Maas

Publishing Date:March 2020

Ratings: 4.7/5

Characters: Bryce, Hunt, Danika, Kristallos, etc. 

Category: Fantasy Fiction, Romantic Fantasy. 

Rebel Of The Sands, By Alwyn Hamilton

Another story of a cold-hearted person, Rebels of the Sands is the story of Sixteen old young girl, Amani Al Hiza. She is a sharpshooter, gunslinger with mystical powers. She can control the movement of sands in deserts. As per readers, Alwyn had created a character which seems non fictitious. People love Amani as a character and the story. 

Amani, with Jin, a mystical foreigner, travel together across the desert. On their journey she learns a lot about her power which she was not aware of. Similar to The Cruel Prince, the Rebels of the Sand seem to be a story of fighting and learning of girls against cruel people in power. 

Book Author: Alwyn Hamilton

Publishing Date: February 2015

Ratings: 4.5/5

Characters: Aidas, Bryce Quinlan, Connor Holstrom, Danika Fendyr, Hunt Athalar, Jesiba Roga, Isaiah Tiberian.

Category: Fantasy Fiction.

An Enchantment Of Ravens By Margaret Rogerson

The story of Isobel who is the finest artist in the world of immortal creatures. Isobel’s paintings are in high demand in this fictitious world. But the mistake she made is a threat to her life and also the life of Prince Rook. 

Isobel, the most loved character by the readers, finds place in the heart of the reader, the chemistry between rook and isobel fascinates readers the most. In the story, the villain monster rose from the mounds due to the mistake of Isobel, which is when the story takes a dramatic turn. 

Book Author: Margaret Rogerson

Publishing Date:September 2017

Ratings: 4.3/5

Characters: Isobel, Rook, 

Category: Fantasy Fiction. 

The Red Queen By Victoria Aveyard

Just like blacks and whites in the real world, and privilege available to fair people, the kingdom of Norta is about Red and Silvers. Silvers are privileged where the red are dominated. The story of Mare barrow, a red young girl living with her parents is very determined, cocky, stubborn character in the story 

Red serves the silvers and Mare is the one who supposedly goes to war to die like other red people. The storyline captivated the readers as the characteristics and personality of Mare is beyond awesome. As per reviews, People who read this book would say it is the best book in the series as they love it beyond their expectations. 

Book Author: Victoria Aveyard

Publishing Date: February 2015

Ratings: 4.5/5

Characters: Mare Barrow, Cal, Maven, Calore, Farley,Daniel, Ruth, Kilorn Warren, Gisa Barrow.

Category: High Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

The Wild Hunt By Ron C. Nieto

The story of twists and turns of the main character Lily. The entire story is based on the girl named Lily. Lily is a girl who is forced into mundane life in hiding which aren't prepared for and is what made most readers relate the character to them. 

Just like most people in our world, Lily is meant to differentiate between friends and foe and which is really challenging for her. No chance of making any mistakes, the story of lily is really amazing, is more realistic and relatable. 

Book Author: Ron C. Nieto

Publishing Date: May 2014

Ratings: 4.5/5

Characters: Lily 

Category: Fairy tale, Paranormal Fantasy, Romantic Fantasy.