
Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros
The Empyrean #2
Violet survived year one — but year two means enemies, secrets, and a love that could destroy everything.
Description
Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College, Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how she'll get through. It's not just that it's grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it's designed to stretch the riders' capacity for pain beyond endurance. It's the new vice commandant, who's made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is - unless she betrays the man she loves. Although Violet's body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else's, she still has her wits, and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules. But a determination to survive won't be enough this year. Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College - and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.
The Empyrean series
Books like this

Unbound
Penelope Bloom
A girl with a forbidden power must survive a deadly magic academy — and the fire-wielding enemy who can't stop watching
12 tropes in common

Her Feral Beasts
E.P. Bali
Hunted by five feral mates and locked in an academy prison — she must hide who she is or be bred for life.
11 tropes in common

Darkbirch Academy
Krista Graves
An assassin infiltrates a magical academy to kill a dangerous mage — but her professor is the real threat.
10 tropes in common

On Wings of Blood
Briar Boleyn
A half-fae dragon rider is forced into a betrothal with her cold, arrogant vampire tormentor at a deadly highblood acade
10 tropes in common

Blood Oath
Morgan B. Lee
She rejected all four of her fated mates to protect her secret — but they only want her more.
11 tropes in common

A Ruin of Roses
K.F. Breene
A cursed dragon prince takes her captive — but she might be the only one who can save his kingdom.
11 tropes in common

Empire of Flame and Thorns
Marion Blackwood
A fae rebel enters a deadly dragon-run tournament — and falls for the ruthless commander sworn to make her lose.
10 tropes in common

Firebird
Juliette Cross
A Roman dragon-general saves the Dacian warrior he's conquered — then must choose between empire and fate.
11 tropes in common

Never Keep
Caroline Peckham
Conscripted to a gothic fortress where her enemy is the man she can't stop wanting, war is the least of her problems.
10 tropes in common

Upon Buried Embers (Upon Buried Embers, #1)
Kelly Cove
Thrown into The Pit, she expects death — not a dragon-bonded warrior who offers her a choice instead.
9 tropes in common

Kingdom of Shadows and Wings
Nina Frost
A sheltered girl terrified of flying must survive a dragon academy — and her sinfully infuriating instructor.
10 tropes in common

Serpents of Sky and Flame
Rebecca F. Kenney
A captive princess makes her dragon prince's life hell — until hate turns to something far more dangerous.
10 tropes in common

Consort of Fire
Kit Rocha
Sent to seduce and kill an ancient dragon god, a consort and her assassin handmaid find he's nothing like the monster th
10 tropes in common

Riftborne
Bree Grenwich
A branded outcast with a deadly secret is forced to serve the cold Sidhe General who could save — or destroy — her.
10 tropes in common

The Scars Within
Ang T. Dalton
A girl with illegal magic and a memoryless dragon must survive a deadly academy — and two dangerous brothers vying for h
11 tropes in common

Hollow
Caroline Peckham
A ruthless prince wants her dead — but first she has to survive the cursed forest with him.
8 tropes in common

Court of Shadows
C.N. Crawford
A hunted demi-fae gladiator must earn her place at a fae academy — under the eye of the assassin who spared her life.
10 tropes in common

The Wraith King
Juliette Cross
A fae princess surrenders herself to the brutal Wraith King to end a war — and becomes far more than his weapon.
9 tropes in common

Kingdom of Blood and Salt
Alexis Calder
A human warrior must resist the dangerously handsome fae leader holding her people's fate — and her heart — in his hands
9 tropes in common

Blood of Hercules
Jasmine Mas
A survivor discovers she's heir to a god's bloodline — and must conquer a brutal academy of immortal villains.
9 tropes in common


