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These books are ranked using the tone + premise labels extracted for Crier's War. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Tone labels used: angsty, tense, bleak, romantic, emotional, heartbreaking, soft, sweet, brooding, urgent, rapturous, intense
Premise labels used: forbidden love, revenge quest, oppressed humans, ruling class, revolution, enemy romance, court intrigue, identity crisis, humanity question
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone + premise embeddings are close.
A fugitive human and an Automa prince across enemy lines race to stop a war and keep their love alive.
Why this is here
Tone labels: emotional · tender · yearning · angsty · hopeful · heartbreaking · satisfying · thrilling · gay panic · bittersweet · soft
Premise labels: human rebellion · oppressed humans · forbidden love · sapphic romance · war for power · resource control · enemy lovers
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1375
Two girls on opposite sides of a divided society navigate rebellion, love, and a cure that changed everything.
Why this is here
Tone labels: tense · melancholy · angsty · frustrated · romantic · urgent · brooding
Premise labels: resistance · revolution · love triangle · fugitive survival · cure conflict · forbidden love · dual allegiances · fractured society
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1442
A wounded regime leader narrates his obsession with Juliette as power, secrets, and family pressure close in.
Why this is here
Tone labels: angsty · heartbreaking · intense · dark · emotional · melodramatic · sympathetic · romantic · brooding · oppressive
Premise labels: forbidden attraction · obsessive love · villain POV · post-escape aftermath · power struggle · redemption arc
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1495
A prequel graphic novel tracing the origins of a rebel leader, a forbidden love, and the seeds of revolution.
Why this is here
Tone labels: gory · gritty · dark · gloomy · violent · tragic · harsh · emotional
Premise labels: forbidden love · caste system · revolution origin · prequel backstory · secret relationship · uprising · underclass oppression
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1559
A masked rebel and a resistance leader are torn apart by betrayal, forcing love, vengeance, and survival to collide.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · emotional · heartbreaking · angsty · brutal · melodramatic · hopeful · intense · tragic · romantic
Premise labels: secret identity · double life · forbidden love · resistance uprising · tortured hero · betrayal · revenge · hidden heir · political overthrow
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1567
A grief-fueled bastard takes on a brutal space-jousting competition to destroy the noble house that ruined her life.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · angry · gritty · tense · brooding · intense · cold · dramatic · catastrophic
Premise labels: revenge quest · deadly competition · mecha jousting · class conflict · revenge against nobility · survival · political intrigue · forbidden attraction · sentient machine · AI mystery
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1588
Two household AIs flee abuse, discover freedom, and fall in love while hunted through a near-future dystopia.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · heartbreaking · angsty · hopeful · tender · sweet · poignant · melancholy · emotional · atmospheric · nerve-wracking · bittersweet
Premise labels: sentient AI · robot rights · queer romance · escape narrative · freedom quest · enslavement allegory · class struggle · awakening AI
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1595
A palace guard’s viewpoint on the Selection reveals his jealousy, duty, and longing as the romance and rebellion intensify.
Why this is here
Tone labels: romantic · angsty · frustrating · tense · sweet · melodramatic · bittersweet · intense · hooky · divisive
Premise labels: alternate POV · guard perspective · love triangle · romantic rivalry · palace security · court intrigue · rebellion pressure · forbidden affection · revised understanding
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1606
A traumatized young queen and her stoic guardian risk forbidden love inside a brutal dystopian regime.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · heartbreaking · emotional · angsty · tender · bittersweet · hopeful · intense · haunting · devastating · swoonworthy · romantic · raw
Premise labels: forbidden love · bodyguard romance · guardian romance · queen and protector · trauma recovery · oppressive regime · dystopian control · rebellion through love
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1611
A courtesan in a planet-sized matriarchal city gains dragon powers and becomes a hunted pawn in a deadly political struggle.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · angsty · melodramatic · sensual · edgy · serious · chaotic · oppressive
Premise labels: revenge quest · political intrigue · courtesan protagonist · matriarchal society · queer romance · polyamorous relationship · hidden power · hunted hero
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1615
A grieving exiled protector hunts an assassin and uncovers a divine conspiracy that could reshape his world.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · emotional · bittersweet · tragic · melancholic · gritty · intimate · tense · sweeping · mature
Premise labels: revenge quest · assassination mystery · dead gods · divine power · hidden conspiracy · justice pursuit · protect the child · revenge and redemption · truth unraveling
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1616
Abby is persecuted for her relationship with Swamp Thing, and his rescue of her spirals into Gotham-wide upheaval.
Why this is here
Tone labels: melancholy · tragic · emotional · epic · surreal · cathartic · heartbreaking · intense · weird · lyrical · political · romantic · mournful · beautiful · disturbing
Premise labels: forbidden relationship · persecuted lover · wrongly accused · rescue mission · urban siege · powerful protector · revenge story · reunion quest
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1616
