Tower of Dawn
Sarah J. Maas, 2017
Fantasy RomanceYoung adultContemporary fiction
A broken soldier is sent to a sunlit southern empire to heal, and finds a healer, a court of schemers, and a war he cannot ride to. A sunlit, scheming court story with a wounded soldier at its center, moving between tender healing and the distant pressure of war.
Feels like hope and longing. About war and love.
Who it’s for
You may like it if you enjoy fantasy romance that slows down for healing, court intrigue, and characters carrying old wounds. The war stays at a distance while the story works through injury and politics, so the pace can feel quieter than battle-heavy fantasy.
Why read it
It offers a quieter turn in a war-torn story: recovery, scheming, and affection built through care, with the larger conflict pressing at the edges.
A page from the book
Kindness that expects nothing back is the rarest kind.
A gift.A gift from a queen who had seen another woman in hell and thought to reach back a hand. With no thought of it ever being returned. A moment of kindness, a tug on a thread. Sarah J. Maas.Maas posted the story that became Throne of Glass online as a teenager, serial by serial, under the title Queen of Glass.
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A Court of Mist and Fury
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A woman remade by magic must decide whether the male everyone fears is her captor or her way out. Slow-burn fae romance with a survivor at its centre.
A Court of Wings and Ruin
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Questions readers ask
- Is Tower of Dawn for me?
- You may like it if you enjoy fantasy romance that slows down for healing, court intrigue, and characters carrying old wounds. The war stays at a distance while the story works through injury and politics, so the pace can feel quieter than battle-heavy fantasy.
- What is Tower of Dawn like?
- A sunlit, scheming court story with a wounded soldier at its center, moving between tender healing and the distant pressure of war. Feels like hope and longing. About war and love.
- What should I read after Tower of Dawn?
- If you liked Tower of Dawn, try Divine Rivals (Rebecca Ross), Hopeless (Colleen Hoover) and The Selection (Kiera Cass).
A taste of the feed
Whose offhand verdict about you did you overhear and never forget?
It hadn’t taken long for Iris to learn what he truly thought of her. In fact, it had taken only half an hour after she had first met Roman. She had overheard him saying to one of the editors, “She’ll give me no competition. None at all. She dropped out of Windy Grove School in her final year.”
Divine Rivals · Rebecca Ross
He wants her first kiss to be a decision, not an accident.
Sky, I’m not kissing you tonight but believe me when I tell you, I’ve never wanted to kiss a girl more. So stop thinking I’m not attracted to you because you have no idea just how much I am. You can hold my hand, you can run your fingers through my hair, you can straddle me while I feed you spaghetti, but you are not getting kissed tonight. And probably not tomorrow, either. I need this. I need to know for sure that you’re feeling every single thing that I’m feeling the moment my lips touch yours. Because I want your first kiss to be the best first kiss in the history of first kisses.
Hopeless · Colleen Hoover
A blessing for love that doubles as a warning.
I hope you find someone you can’t live without.I really do. And I hope you never have to know what it’s like to have to try and live without them.
The Selection · Kiera Cass
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