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Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros is a 4/5 (spicy), open-door read built on fated mates, morally grey MMC, dark romance, and slow burn. It ends on a cliffhanger. Below are the closest matches in our catalog by shared trope, split by heat. Rarer shared tropes rank higher than broad ones.
Same heat
4/5 peppers, like Iron Flame.
A Court of Mist and Fury
Sharesfated matesslow burnmorally grey MMC
Open door · HFN (happy for now) · Series #2
Butcher & Blackbird
Sharesslow burndark romancemorally grey MMC
Open door · HEA (happily ever after) · Reads standalone
A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sharesfated matesmorally grey MMC
Open door · HEA (happily ever after) · Series #3
Spicier
Hotter than 4/5.
Corrupt
Sharesdark romancemorally grey MMC
Open door · HEA (happily ever after) · Reads standalone
Den of Vipers
Sharesdark romancemorally grey MMC
Open door · HEA (happily ever after) · Standalone
God of Malice
Sharesdark romancemorally grey MMC
Open door · HEA (happily ever after) · Reads standalone
Haunting Adeline
Sharesdark romancemorally grey MMC
Open door · Cliffhanger · Series #1
Tamer
Cooler than 4/5.
Kingdom of the Wicked
Sharesslow burnmorally grey MMC
Closed door · Cliffhanger · Series #1
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sharesfated mates
Open door · HFN (happy for now) · Series #1
Behind the Net
Sharesslow burn
Open door · HEA (happily ever after) · Reads standalone
Things We Never Got Over
Sharesslow burn
Open door · HEA (happily ever after) · Reads standalone
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We left the rest of The Empyrean out of the lanes above. In reading order: #1 Fourth Wing, #3 Onyx Storm.
Quick answers
- What books are like Iron Flame?
- By trope overlap with Iron Flame, the closest matches in our catalog are A Court of Mist and Fury, Butcher & Blackbird, and From Blood and Ash.
- What is a spicier book like Iron Flame?
- Try Corrupt and Den of Vipers. Iron Flame is 4/5 on our scale; Corrupt is 5/5 and shares dark romance and morally grey MMC.
- What is a less spicy book like Iron Flame?
- Try Kingdom of the Wicked and A Court of Thorns and Roses. Kingdom of the Wicked is 2/5 against Iron Flame's 4/5 and shares slow burn and morally grey MMC.
How we match: tropes are our own tags, heat is our editorial 1 to 5 rating, and nothing on this page is paid placement. Read the full Iron Flame review or pick another book.