Books like Carry On
If you liked Carry On by Rainbow Rowell, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Ballad of Never After
Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, romance.
Evangeline hunts four missing Arch stones with Jacks to free a cursed Apollo and learns what his rescue will cost.
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Legendary
Because shares tags: young adult, fantasy, romance.
Tella enters a new Caraval in Valenda to pay a debt with Legend's name, while curses and waking Fates raise the cost.
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Once Upon a Broken Heart
Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, romance.
Evangeline trades three kisses with the Prince of Hearts to stop a wedding and dooms herself instead.
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Graceling
Because shares tags: young adult, fantasy, romance.
Katsa, Graced with killing, breaks from her uncle's use of her and follows a kidnapped prince toward a hidden king.
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Siege and Storm
Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, magic.
Alina hunts a second amplifier with Mal while the Darkling returns and Sturmhond offers a cunning alliance.
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Caraval
Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, romance.
Sisters Scarlett and Tella enter the game Caraval to escape a cruel father, where truth and show blur.
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Shadow and Bone
Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, magic.
Orphan Alina Starkov learns she is a Sun Summoner who may destroy the Shadow Fold, if the Darkling lets her.
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Throne of Glass
Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, romance.
Throne of Glass book 1 retold: Celaena out of Endovier, the contest, Dorian, Chaol, and the castle tests.
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Crown of Midnight
Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, magic.
Crown of Midnight, the second Throne of Glass book, follows Celaena as the King's Champion, a faked death, Nehemia's murder, and her return…
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Serpent & Dove
Because shares tags: young adult, fantasy, romance.
A runaway witch is forced to marry a witch hunter in Cesarine, hiding her magic as old enemies close in.
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Ruthless Vows
Because shares tags: fantasy, romance, young adult.
Iris hunts for missing Roman while Dacre holds his memory, and linked letters pull them toward war's end.
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One Dark Window
Because shares tags: fantasy, romance, magic.
Elspeth Spindle hides a monster in her head and joins a treasonous hunt for twelve magic cards to save mist-locked Blunder.
