If you were hooked by Sydney juggling Alchemist orders, Moroi politics, and Jill’s covert protection at Amberwood while Keith schemed in the background, you’ll love the razor‑edged vampire power games in The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. Holly Black drops you into quarantined party-cities where livestreamed decadence masks ruthless maneuvering, and one girl’s survival hinges on navigating rival undead factions as cleverly as Sydney outmaneuvers Alchemist agendas.

Sydney’s arc—questioning Alchemist indoctrination while finding her own moral compass in Palm Springs—mirrors Bree Matthews confronting a secret society’s rules in Legendborn. If you appreciated Sydney’s careful, brainy problem‑solving with Eddie and Jill and her tentative steps toward claiming power for herself, Bree’s journey through grief, discovery, and hard choices will hit that same note of fierce, earned growth.

If the charged, against‑the‑rules pull between Sydney and Adrian—sparks flying amid duty, secrets, and spirit‑touched baggage—kept you turning pages, Daughter of Smoke & Bone delivers that heady mix. Karou’s double life and Akiva’s forbidden connection echo the way Sydney’s logic clashes with desire in Palm Springs, creating a sweeping, aching romance where loyalties and identities collide.

Loved how Bloodlines hides Moroi, dhampirs, and Alchemists in plain sight—Jill posing as a student, Eddie as her guardian, Sydney spinning cover stories under the desert sun? City of Bones opens another layered underworld inside everyday New York: runes, demon hunts, and clashing factions that will scratch the same itch for secret societies intersecting with normal life.

If Adrian’s dry one‑liners and the playful back‑and‑forth with Sydney and the Amberwood crew made you grin between the close calls with Strigoi rumors and Alchemist audits, Hex Hall brings that same breezy, quippy charm. Sophie Mercer’s sarcasm, chaotic classmates, and flirtatious duels with Archer Cross channel the wit and warmth that balance the tension in Bloodlines.