If you loved how Scarlet knifed through Nottingham’s corruption while hiding her true identity as Will and refusing to be cowed by the Sheriff, you’ll click with Ismae, an assassin-nun sent to take down powerful men in Brittany’s court. Like Scarlet’s knife-work and street instincts, Ismae’s lethal training makes for sharp, satisfying justice, and the courtly stakes mirror Scarlet’s cat‑and‑mouse with Gisbourne and the Sheriff. You get the same blend of grit, agency, and danger—with a heroine owning every move.

You enjoyed watching Scarlet and Robin rob the rich to keep Nottingham’s villagers alive, even when the choices got messy—plus those tense jobs under the Sheriff’s nose. In Six of Crows, Kaz Brekker’s crew plans a near-impossible heist for reasons that aren’t purely noble, and the moral gray is half the thrill. If Scarlet’s knife tricks and alley chases hooked you, Inej’s blades and rooftop acrobatics will, too—same high-stakes thieving, just on an even bigger caper.

If the rapid-fire raids in Scarlet—sneaking past guards, lifting purses, and scrambling out before the Sheriff clamps down—kept you flipping pages, you’ll race through Kat Bishop’s globe-trotting art theft. It’s the same pulse: tight crew, slick break-ins, escalating obstacles, and a con that demands every trick in the bag. Think Scarlet’s midnight runs and improvised cover stories, but with museums, forgeries, and twisty reversals.

Scarlet’s rough-edged, first-person narration—her slang, her secrets, the way she sizes up Rob and John while plotting the next job—puts you right in the alleys of Nottingham. Blood Red Road gives you that same immersive voice: Saba tells her story in raw, propulsive prose as she fights her way across a lawless land to save her brother. If you liked living inside Scarlet’s head as knives flashed and plans went sideways, you’ll love riding shotgun with Saba’s breathless, dirt-under-the-nails storytelling.

If you were drawn to the charged push‑and‑pull between Scarlet and Rob—complicated further by John’s attention and the constant threat of the Sheriff—this delivers that same ache. Kestrel and Arin circle each other across enemy lines, their secrets and loyalties colliding like Scarlet’s duty to the people versus her heart. It’s all the simmering glances, unspoken risks, and emotional stakes you felt in Nottingham, but set amid political gambits and impossible choices.