If you loved watching Maisie Danger Brown transform from a space-camp scholarship winner into the linchpin against a global threat—while juggling the fallout of those alien upgrades and a complicated crush on Wilder—you’ll click with Cinder. Linh Cinder starts as a mechanic scraping by, then discovers the truth about her body and origins and has to step up when an entire kingdom (and a prince) lands in her path. It’s that same blend of hidden power, mounting stakes, and a young woman choosing bravery when the world needs her most.

If the best part of Dangerous for you was how alien tech suddenly let Maisie see and do the impossible—catapulting her from training drills to globe-shaking stakes—then Warcross will scratch that itch. Emika’s jump into a VR tournament gives her abilities that play like superpowers, and the hunt through neon overlays and secret backdoors echoes the corporate conspiracies Maisie stumbles into after space camp. It’s high-gloss tech, high stakes, and a heady rush of discovery.

If you tore through the zero-g exercises, team tryouts, and sudden life-or-death missions that throw Maisie and her cohort from space-camp drills into real danger, Skyward delivers that same throttle-open pace. Spensa fights her way into a flight academy, bonds with a mysterious ship, and rockets from grueling practice to white-knuckle combat—capturing the adrenaline and camaraderie that made Dangerous such a rush.

If the betrayals, shifting loyalties, and big reveals around Maisie’s powered team—and what the tech really meant—were your favorite beats in Dangerous, this standalone will thrill you. Alone on a starship, Romy starts exchanging messages with a boy on an approaching vessel, only to uncover secrets that flip her understanding of the mission, the messages, and her own safety. It’s that same hush-before-the-drop tension followed by a reveal that makes you rethink every page.

If you connected with Maisie’s coming-into-herself arc—going from an ordinary girl to someone grappling with uncanny abilities, murky agendas, and a first love complicated by danger—Mila 2.0 hits those notes. After a crash, Mila discovers she’s not exactly human, and the chase that follows forces her to decide who she wants to be, much like Maisie’s choices once the alien tech changes everything.