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Finished Stars and Smoke? Meet your next match.

You're not looking for just any book. You want that exact fun feeling again. We compatibility-checked 12 books and found your matches.

by Marie Lu

YA ThrillerRomance 🌶️ 1/5 FunSteamyFast

You just finished Stars and Smoke and now everything else on your Kindle feels... flat. That fun energy? The way Marie Lu made you feel things you didn't sign up for? Yeah, we get it. That's a book hangover, and the only cure is another book that hits the same way. We didn't just search "books like Stars and Smoke" and call it a day. We broke down exactly what made this book land — the mood, the tropes, the pacing, the heat — and found books that match on the elements that actually matter.

YOUR MATCHES

12 Books Matched to Stars and Smoke

Grouped by the elements that made Stars and Smoke unforgettable.

Matches that share Stars and Smoke's enemies energy

97%
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Obsidian
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
🌶️🌶️ 2/5 · 335p · YA Paranormal, Romance
Your TBR just found its soulmate.
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94%
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Dating You / Hating You
by Christina Lauren
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 352p · Contemporary Romance
Same fun energy. Same can't-put-it-down pacing. Different heartbreak. Perfect match.
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91%
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Dear Enemy
by Kristen Callihan
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 364p · Contemporary Romance
364 pages of exactly what you're craving right now.
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Your ya thriller matches

89%
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While We Were Dating
by Jasmine Guillory
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 336p · Contemporary Romance
Jasmine Guillory writes like Marie Lu's cooler cousin. Same energy, fresh take.
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86%
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Business or Pleasure
by Rachel Lynn Solomon
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5 · 368p · Contemporary Romance
If Stars and Smoke left a void, Business or Pleasure fills it — then digs a new one.
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Your #1 Match — We'd swipe right for you

Based on mood alignment, spice compatibility, and trope DNA.

Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout — 🌶️🌶️ 2/5 spice, 335 pages

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BEFORE YOU COMMIT

Quick answers before your next match

Based on mood, trope, and pacing analysis, the most similar books to Stars and Smoke include Obsidian, Dating You / Hating You, Dear Enemy. Each matches on specific elements like fun and steamy that made Stars and Smoke resonate with readers.

We recommend starting with Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout — it shares Stars and Smoke's core Fun energy while bringing something fresh to the table.

Stars and Smoke is a standalone novel. You can jump right in without reading anything else first.

Stars and Smoke has a spice level of 1/5. The recommendations on this page range across spice levels — each one is labeled so you can find your comfort zone.

Stars and Smoke is already a low-spice read (1/5). Most similar books on this page have comparable heat levels.

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Every Sort By Cravings profile is written after a full read-through — not scraped from publisher blurbs. We cross-reference BookTok discussions, Goodreads reviews, and 500+ reader reactions before publishing any mood tag, spice rating, or compatibility note. Read our editorial standards.