Recommendations based on The Forbidden Wishby Jessica Khoury

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  1. The Wrath and the Dawn

    by Renée Ahdieh
    A thrilling adventure of love and revenge in a mystical, ancient land.

    One Life to One Dawn. In a land ruled by a murderous boy-king, each dawn brings heartache to a new family. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, is a monster. Each night he takes a new ... (Goodreads)

  2. The Heart of Betrayal

    by Mary E. Pearson
    A princess must battle her own family to protect her kingdom from a treacherous enemy.

    The thrilling,, New York Times,–bestselling sequel to The Kiss of Deception Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape. Desperate to save her life, ... (Barnes & Noble)

  3. The Winner's Curse

    by Marie Rutkoski
    A fantasy romance set in a world of warring empires, as two people from opposing sides fall in love.

    Winning what you want may cost you everything you love... As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she ... (Goodreads)

  4. The Winner's Kiss

    by Marie Rutkoski
    The final installment of the Winner's Trilogy, where Kestrel and Arin must navigate political intrigue and their own feelings to save their people.

    Some kisses come at a price. War has begun. Arin is in the thick of it with untrustworthy new allies and the empire as his enemy. Though he has convinced himself that he no longer loves Kestrel, Arin ... (Goodreads)

  5. Winter

    by Marissa Meyer
    A young girl's battle to save her kingdom from the icy grip of a powerful queen.

    Due to Princess Winter's refusal to use the Lunar gift, the ability to manipulate what others see and do, she has Lunar sickness, a state of mental illness that causes occasional hallucinations. ... (Wikipedia)

  6. The Winner's Crime

    by Marie Rutkoski
    A high-stakes game of political intrigue and deception, where every move could be the difference between life and death.

    Book two of the dazzling Winner's Trilogy is a fight to the death as Kestrel risks betrayal of country for love. The engagement of Lady Kestrel to Valoria’s crown prince means one celebration after ... (Goodreads)

  7. An Ember in the Ashes

    by Sabaa Tahir
    A young woman's fight for freedom in a world of tyranny and oppression.

    A Scholar girl by the name of Laia lives in the Martial Empire with her grandparents and brother Darin in the city of Serra. Their existence is a grueling one as they are seen as second-class ... (Wikipedia)

  8. The Beauty of Darkness

    by Mary E. Pearson
    A young woman's struggle to survive in a kingdom of darkness, in search of a way to restore light.

    The third and final book in the, New York Times-,bestselling Remnant Chronicles. Lia has survived Venda—but so has a great evil bent on the destruction of Morrighan. And only Lia can stop it. With ... (Barnes & Noble)

  9. Crooked Kingdom

    by Leigh Bardugo
    A gang of criminals must band together to take down a powerful adversary.

    In the prologue, a Grisha man named Emil Retvenko is kidnapped by a winged Shu man. The book commences in a gambling parlor known as Club Cumulus where Jesper and Nina keep Jan Van Eck's lawyer, ... (Wikipedia)

  10. Cress

    by Marissa Meyer
    A girl's fight to reclaim her identity and save her kingdom from a tyrannical queen.

    The novel begins with an introduction to Crescent "Cress" Moon Darnel, a sixteen-year-old girl living in a satellite in space that has been her prison for most of her life. She is contacted by ... (Wikipedia)

  11. Dearest Clementine

    by Lex Martin
    Clementine falls for her brother's best friend, Gavin, but their relationship is complicated by secrets and past traumas.

    Librarian's Note: This is an alternate cover for ASIN B00JRQ08HI Twenty-year-old Clementine Avery doesn't mind being called bitchy and closed off. It's safe, and after being burned by her high school ... (Goodreads)

  12. The Revolution of Ivy

    by Amy Engel
    Ivy Westfall must navigate a new society after being exiled from her isolated, dystopian community. She must choose between loyalty and love.

    Ivy Westfall is beyond the fence and she is alone. Abandoned by her family and separated from Bishop Lattimer, Ivy must find a way to survive on her own in a land filled with countless dangers, both ... (Goodreads)

  13. Ignite Me

    by Tahereh Mafi
    Struggling to save the world from a tyrant, a young girl discovers her true power.

    The heart-stopping third installment in the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series, which Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and Hollow City , called "a ... (Barnes & Noble)

  14. Scarlet

    by Marissa Meyer
    A re-imagining of the classic story of Little Red Riding Hood set in a futuristic world.

    Scarlet Benoit is a young girl living on her grandmother's farm in Rieux, France. Her grandmother has gone missing for many weeks and Scarlet is sure that she has been kidnapped rather than left on ... (Wikipedia)

  15. Caraval

    by Stephanie Garber
    Sisters journey through a mysterious, magical world to save each other from an arranged marriage.

    The acclaimed, New York Times, bestseller! Welcome, welcome to, Caraval, — Stephanie Garber’s sweeping tale of the unbreakable bond between two sisters. It’s the closest you'll ever find to magic in ... (Barnes & Noble)

  16. The Star-Touched Queen

    by Roshani Chokshi
    A tale of love, magic, and destiny set in a fantastical world inspired by Indian mythology.

    A lush and vivid story steeped in Indian folklore and mythology, Roshani Chokshi's, The Star-touched Queen, is a novel that no reader will soon forget. An instant, New York Times, Bestseller! Fate ... (Barnes & Noble)

  17. The Emperor's Soul

    by Brandon Sanderson
    A master of forging faces a seemingly impossible task to restore an emperor's soul in a single night.

    Shai is a thief and practitioner of magical forgery who has been arrested and sentenced to death. The Emperor's corrupt advisors offer to free her if she agrees to forge a new soul for the Emperor, ... (Wikipedia)

  18. Gathering Darkness

    by Morgan Rhodes
    A young girl's struggle to save her kingdom from a ruthless tyrant.

    In GATHERING DARKNESS, book three of the New York Times bestselling Falling Kingdoms series, the stakes have never been higher as three teams push forward on a race to find the Kindred, the four ... (Goodreads)

  19. The Rose & the Dagger

    by Renée Ahdieh
    Sequel to "The Wrath & the Dawn," following Shahrzad's quest to save her kingdom and the man she loves from a powerful curse.

    The darker the sky, the brighter the stars. In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad is forced from the arms of her beloved husband, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once thought Khalid a monster—a ... (Goodreads)

  20. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

    by Leslye Walton
    A young girl's journey through a magical world filled with love, loss and longing.

    Magical realism, lyrical prose, and the pain and passion of human love haunt this hypnotic generational saga. Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast for its most ... (Goodreads)

  21. And I Darken

    by Kiersten White
    A young woman's quest for power and revenge in a world of political intrigue and warfare.

    No one expects a princess to be brutal. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their ... (Goodreads)

  22. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

    by Cassandra Clare
    A group of misfits must form an unlikely alliance as they battle supernatural forces at an academy for Shadowhunters.

    Simon Lewis , who has been a mundane in City of Bones , then a vampire from the middle of City of Ashes till almost the end of City of Heavenly Fire has been stripped of his memories by a Greater ... (Wikipedia)

  23. The Girl Who Chased the Moon

    by Sarah Addison Allen
    A young girl's journey of self-discovery, uncovering hidden family secrets in a small southern town.

    In her latest enchanting novel, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Addison Allen invites you to a quirky little Southern town with more magic than a full Carolina moon. Here two very different ... (Goodreads)

  24. Uprooted

    by Naomi Novik
    A young woman's battle to save her home from a magical force, while uncovering secrets of her past.

    “Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through. They talk as though we were doing human ... (Goodreads)

  25. Legendary

    by Stephanie Garber
    Scarlett and Tella Dragna attend Caraval, a legendary game run by the mysterious Legend. But the game quickly turns dangerous and they must uncover the truth to survive.

    The instant #1, New York Times, bestseller! Stephanie Garber’s limitless imagination takes flight once more in the colorful, mesmerizing, and immersive sequel to the bestselling breakout debut, ... (Barnes & Noble)

  26. The Kiss of Deception

    by Mary E. Pearson
    A princess is forced to flee her arranged marriage and discovers unexpected allies on her journey.

    The first book of the, New York Times, bestselling Remnant Chronicles. “Fantastical.” —,USA Today, She flees on her wedding day. She steals ancient documents from the Chancellor’s secret collection. ... (Barnes & Noble)

  27. Howl’s Moving Castle

    by Diana Wynne Jones
    A young woman embarks on an adventure to break a curse and reclaim her identity in a magical world.

    18-year-old Sophie Hatter is the eldest of three sisters living in Market Chipping, a town in the magical kingdom of Ingary, where fairytale tropes are accepted ways of life, including that the ... (Wikipedia)

  28. The Heir

    by Kiera Cass
    A young woman vies for the crown in a competition of strength, wit, and courage.

    A new era dawns in the world of Kiera Cass’s #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series America and Maxon’s fairy-tale romance enchanted readers from the very first page of, The Selection,. Now ... (Barnes & Noble)

  29. Longbourn

    by Jo Baker
    A retelling of "Pride and Prejudice" from the perspective of the servants at Longbourn.

    Sarah is a young woman of marrying age. Orphaned, she came to work for the Bennet family with whom she still resides along with the other servants including the married Mr and Mrs Hill and the much ... (Wikipedia)

  30. The Infinite Sea

    by Rick Yancey
    A group of teenagers fight to survive a post-apocalyptic world plagued by an alien race.

    A few days after the events of the first novel, Cassie, Ben, and the rest of squad 53 have taken refuge at a hotel, which they call "Walker Hotel" in honor of Evan Walker, who is thought to be dead ... (Wikipedia)