Books like 'Down to Oath'
Readers who enjoyed Down to Oath by Tyrolin Puxty also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
fantasy multiverse/parallel universe action / adventure urban fantasy magic coming-of-age
-
Les Tentacules du mal by Pierre Bottero
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEwilan et ses compagnons poursuivent leur périple vers Valingaï avec une triple mission : rendre Illian à sa famille, retrouver Altan et Élicia Gil' Sayan et anéantir la méduse qui s'étend dans l'Imagination. Ils traversent avec difficulté le désert Ourou et gagnent Hurindaï, une cité qui ne tarde pas à être attaquée et détruite par les armées de Valingaï...Categorized as:
magic fantasy young-adult fiction middle-grade children-books urban-fantasy children -
The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsMagnus Chase, a once-homeless teen, is a resident of the Hotel Valhalla and one of Odin's chosen warriors. As the son of Frey, the god of summer, fertility, and health, Magnus isn't naturally inclined to fighting... -
The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 69 ratings"Magnus Chase, you nearly started Ragnarok. What are you going to do next?"It's been six weeks since Magnus and his friends returned from defeating Fenris Wolf and the fire giants. Magnus has adjusted to life at the Hotel Valhalla—as much as a once-homeless and previously alive kid can... -
L'Œil d'Otolep by Pierre Bottero
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDe retour à Gwendalavir, Ewilan découvre qu'une méduse aux tentacules mortels tente d'envahir l'Imagination. Alors qu'un mal sourd infecte son organisme, elle se joint à l'expédition qui part vers Valingaï afin de ramener Illian, un jeune garçon aux pouvoirs incroyables, dans sa famille. Après avoir combattu de terribles ennemis, la troupe parvient aux confins de l'Empire devant l'oeil d'Otolep...Categorized as:
magic fantasy young-adult fiction middle-grade children-books urban-fantasy children -
-
The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 74 ratingsMagnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying one step ahead of the police and the truant officers.One day, Magnus learns that someone else is trying to track him down—his uncle Randolph, a man his mother had always warned him about... -
Holy Sheoly by Hunter Blain
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGo to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company, and Sheol for…well, the screaming silence of eternal nothingness?In the frigid lands belonging to the Queen of the Unseelie, a beautiful stranger dressed all in ivory makes his approach. A debt is owed, and payment is due.Below the burning lakes of everlasting woe and the single, vast city of Hell, lies Sheol—the Hell below Hell... -
The Untold Story by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this thrilling historical fantasy, time-traveling Librarian spy Irene will need to delve deep into a tangled web of loyalty and power to keep her friends safe.Irene is trying to learn the truth about Alberich-and the possibility that he's her father... -
The Soldiers of Halla by D.J. MacHale
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsIt has all been leading to this.Every victory. Every loss. All the thrills and sadness; the hope and despair. Bobby Pendragon's heart-pounding journey through time and space has brought him to this epic moment. He and his fellow Travelers must join forces for one last desperate battle against Saint Dane. At stake is not only the tenth and final territory, but all that ever was or will be... -
Gossamer in the Darkness by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Ashley brings a new story in her Fantasyland series…Their engagement was set when they were children. Loren Copeland, the rich and handsome Marquess of Remington, would marry Maxine Dawes, the stunning daughter of the Count of Derryman. It’s a power match. The perfect alliance for each house... -
Elfhome by Wen Spencer
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsBook Three of the Elfhome series, the follow-up to exciting Wolf Who Rules and the award-winning fantasy-SF novel that started it all, Tinker.Elfhome. A world of powerful magic, beautiful elves, man-eating trees, frost-breathing wargs, and god-like dragons. Pittsburgh. A city that has been stranded deep in virgin elfin forest to stave off an invasion by the merciless oni... -
Fantastical by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsCora Goode has woken up in a fairytale world where she can understand what birds are saying to her, men ride horses and have fluffy feathers in their hats and furniture zigs, zags and whirls in miracles of construction...Categorized as:
magic action-adventure adult alpha-mc alternate-universe angst arranged-marriage audiobook -
Paranormal Misdirection by Dima Zales, Anna Zaires
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith my seer powers finally under my control, I'm ready to plunge into the unknown to find my father.He may have abandoned me, but I’ll go to the ends of the Otherlands to save him from his torment.Only problem? With unexpected allies and even more surprising enemies, this rescue mission might be more than I bargained for... -
The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsAfter being commissioned to find a rare book, Librarian Irene and her assistant, Kai, head to Prohibition-era New York and are thrust into the middle of a political fight with dragons, mobsters, and Fae. In a 1920s-esque New York, Prohibition is in force; fedoras, flapper dresses, and tommy guns are in fashion: and intrigue is afoot... -
Blood Reunion by Connie Suttle
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 21 ratings"My love, the child almost died." Lissa looked up at Roff's words. His wings rustled after he spoke--he normally didn't involve himself in the politics of Le-Ath Veronis. Not to this extent, anyway."I know, honey. And now two other children are likely to die as a result. Yes, I know they did this, but I'm not convinced we have all the ones involved in the crime... -
-
The Dark Archive by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA professional spy for a mysterious Library which harvests fiction from different realities, Irene faces a series of assassination attempts that threaten to destroy her and everything she has worked for.Irene is teaching her new assistant the fundamentals of a Librarian's job, and finding that training a young Fae is more difficult than she expected...Categorized as:
magic action-adventure alternate-history alternate-universe audiobook book dragons espionage -
First Contact by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the wake of the solar eclipse, a portal between our world and a paranormal realm opens—and a scientist’s life will never be the same, in this thrilling serialized adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hollows.Dr... -
Pivot Point by Kasie West
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsKnowing the outcome doesn’t always make a choice easier . . .Addison Coleman’s life is one big “What if?” As a Searcher, whenever Addie is faced with a choice, she can look into the future and see both outcomes. It’s the ultimate insurance plan against disaster. Or so she thought...Categorized as:
magic action-adventure alternate-universe book contemporary dystopia family female-mc -
Velveteen vs. The Seasons by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA doorway opens in mid-air. The body of a woman falls to the ground and lies there unmoving as the door slams shut behind her, dissolving like confetti into the wind.As the grass beneath her slowly dies, Velma Martinez–Velveteen–once architect of the downfall of The Super Patriots, Inc., most recently the servant of the Seasons, has come home.But ah; we are getting ahead of ourselves...Categorized as:
magic fantasy urban-fantasy super-powered paranormal action-adventure lgbtq multiverse -
The Paradox by Charlie Fletcher
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSOMETIMES YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR – SOMETIMES IT LOOKS BACKThose who belong to the secret society called the Oversight know many things. They know cold iron will hold back the beasts in the darkness. They know it is dangerous to stand between two mirrors. And they know that, despite their dwindling numbers, it remains their duty to protect humanity from the supernatural. And vice versa... -
The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAt the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside . . .When 12-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from ours. All you have to do to visit them is jump into the right suitcase... -
Juice Like Wounds by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn the course of every great adventure there are multiple side-quests...Categorized as:
coming-of-age magic action-adventure alternate-universe audiobook book children-books fairy-tale -
Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRupert Venables is a Magid.It's a Magid's job to oversee what goes on in the vast Multiverse. Actually, Rupert is really only a junior Magid. But he's got a king-sized problem. Rupert's territory includes Earth and the Empire of Korfyros. When his mentor dies Rupert must find a replacement. But there are hundreds of candidates...Categorized as:
magic 20th-century action-adventure alternate-universe audiobook book children comedy -
Firewalker by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWorlds divide, magic slays, and love lies in the second book of Josephine Angelini’s The Worldwalker Trilogy."You think I’m a monster, but my choices, as ruthless as they seem, are justified."Lily is back in her own universe, and she's ready to start a new life with Rowan by her side...Categorized as:
magic action-adventure alpha-mc alternate-history alternate-universe audiobook book contemporary -
Witch's Pyre by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsLily Proctor has come a long way from the weak, sickly girl she used to be. She has gained power as a witch and a leader, found her way home, chosen to face battle again, and (after losing her first love and being betrayed by her new love) she has learned more about loss and grief than she ever wanted to know...Categorized as:
magic action-adventure book contemporary dystopia enemies-to-lovers fiction multiverse -
-
City of Ships by Mary Hoffman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIsabel was rushing to her next lesson when she nearly tripped over the little ped pouch. She picked it up, fascinated; it looked like a prop from a school play. It definitely did have something inside and she couldn't resist opening the string to see what it was.Until she finds the mysterious little bag that seems to be from another time and place, Isabel is anything but extraordinary...Categorized as:
magic action-adventure alternate-history alternate-universe book children female-author fiction -
Midnight Soul by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsAgainst his will, Noctorno Hawthorne, an undercover vice cop, finds himself embroiled in magic, mayhem and parallel universes. Too late, he meets an amazing woman only to find she’s destined for his identical twin in another world. And things aren’t going real great there. Noc is recruited to help save that world. What he doesn’t know is his destined love resides there... -
The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe third title in Genevieve Cogman's clever and exciting The Invisible Library series, The Burning Page is an action-packed literary adventure! Librarian spy Irene has professional standards to maintain. Standards that absolutely do not include making hasty, unplanned escapes through a burning besieged building... -
Orbit by M.L. Wang
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis was a world where two black women with spears trumped three white men with guns, and one unarmed musician trumped them all. This was going to take some getting used to... After barely escaping Earth with their lives, Joan and Daniel scramble to piece together the mystery of Killer 31 while dodging police, security guards, annoying family members, and dark hooded figures... -
Warden and the Assassin by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m the sister you don’t want to meet in a dark alley.An assassin for hire, I’ve got skills other people don’t. Blame my magical heritage and a mother who gifted me a set of knives and my first revolver not long after my sixteenth birthday.When a magical object transports me to a perilous jungle as part of a job interview, I have to admit I’m intrigued... -
Schooled in Magic by Christopher G. Nuttall
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsEmily is a teenage girl pulled from our world into a world of magic and mystery by a necromancer who intends to sacrifice her to the dark gods. Rescued in the nick of time by an enigmatic sorcerer, she discovers that she possesses magical powers and must go to Whitehall School to learn how to master them...Categorized as:
coming-of-age magic action-adventure alternate-universe audiobook boarding-school book dragons -
In Mercy, Rain by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsJack Wolcott was only twelve years old when she and her twin sister Jill, descended the impossible staircase and found herself in the Moors, a world of drowned gods and repugnant royals... -
Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe exhilaratingly seductive new series from the author of the bestselling Starcrossed seriesLove burns. Worlds collide. Magic reigns.This world is trying to kill Lily Proctor. Her life-threatening allergies keep her from enjoying many of the experiences that other teenagers take for granted... which is why she is determined to enjoy her first (and perhaps only) high-school party...Categorized as:
magic action-adventure alpha-mc alternate-history alternate-universe audiobook book contemporary -
Fated Souls by Sariah Skye
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTormented and ridiculed she flees to where nobody knows her secret...Leorah James is a geek who works as a barista, drives a beat up car and lives in a small apartment with no one but her cat for company. She blends in and she likes it that way. But when a cute stranger sees through Leorah's facade she finds her carefully constructed life ripped out from under her feet... -
The Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for 0006755259 "You are now a discard. We have no further use for you in play. You are free to walk the Bounds, but it will be against the rules for you to enter play in any world. If you suceed in returning Home, then you may enter play again in the normal manner... -
-
City of Secrets by Mary Hoffman
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Matt is unexpectedly transported to the Scriptorium of Padavia University, he discovers he is a Stravagante who can travel through time using his talisman, a leather-bound book. Together with Luciano and Arianna, he must fight the dangerous di Chimici clan who are on the verge of making a terrifying breakthrough into our world... -
City of Swords by Mary Hoffman
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDesperately unhappy, Laura has resorted to self-harming. But Laura is a Stravagante, somebody who can travel in time and space. When she finds her talisman, a small silver dagger, she stravagates to 16th-century Fortezza, a town similar to Lucca in Italy, where she meets her Stravagante, who is a swordsmith...Categorized as:
magic action-adventure alternate-history book children early-modern female-mc fiction -
Killing Rocks by D.D. Barant
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFBI profiler Jace Valchek’s ticket home from the twisted parallel universe where she’s been called to duty hinges on the capture of serial killer Aristotle Stoker—and an alliance with a sorcerer known as Asher. The problem: Asher has joined forces with some of the most dangerous creatures Jace has ever encountered...Categorized as:
magic action-adventure adult alpha-mc alternate-universe audiobook book contemporary -
House Immortal by Devon Monk
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOne hundred years ago, eleven powerful ruling Houses consolidated all of the world’s resources and authority into their own grasping hands. Only one power wasn’t placed under the command of a single House: the control over the immortal galvanized.... Matilda Case isn’t like most folk... -
Death Blows by D.D. Barant
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFBI profiler Jace Valchek was pulled into this parallel realm to hunt for Aristotle Stoker, a human serial killer who preys on vampires and werewolves. Now she works for the National Security Agency of the Unnatural States of America - and her boss is a vampire...Categorized as:
magic action-adventure adult alternate-history alternate-universe audiobook book contemporary -
The Dark Light by Sara Walsh
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMia is torn between two guys—and two worlds—in this epic, romantic fantasy. Mysterious lights have flickered above Crownsville for as long as Mia can remember. And as far as she’s concerned, that’s about the only interesting thing to happen in her small town. That is, until Sol arrives... -
Cursed Prince by C.N. Crawford
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsMy heart hasn't beat in a thousand years. I haven't uttered a word in prison, and the guards keep their distance. If they get too close, they die--until at last, my magic binds my soul to another. Unfortunately, the person destined to save me is a Night Elf--the enemy of my kind. And yet, when I see her in the cell across from mine, an ember starts to burn in my chest... -
The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsDarcy Jones doesn't remember anything before the day she was abandoned as a child outside a Chicago firehouse. She has never really belonged anywhere—but she couldn't have guessed that she comes from an alternate world where the Great Chicago Fire didn't happen and deadly creatures called Shades terrorize the human population...Categorized as:
magic action-adventure alternate-history alternate-universe amnesia book contemporary dystopia -
Origins by Ilona Andrews
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsFrom Ilona Andrews—#1 New York Times bestselling author of Magic Shifts and the Kate Daniels novels—comes a stark, seductive tale of a world torn asunder by supernatural gifts and irresistible passions...Karina Tucker is driving a van of children home from a field trip when an unplanned detour to a seemingly ordinary rest stop changes her life... -
Eternity's Wheel by Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe conclusion to the bestselling InterWorld series, from Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves, and Mallory Reaves!Joey Harker never wanted to be a leader. But he’s the one everyone is looking to now that FrostNight looms, and he’ll have to step up if he has any hope of saving InterWorld, the Multiverse, and everything in between...Categorized as:
coming-of-age magic action-adventure alternate-universe audiobook book children children-books -
-
Dissonance by Erica O'Rourke
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSome decisions have unimaginable consequences.Every time someone makes a choice, a new parallel world is spun off the existing one. Eating breakfast or skipping it, sneaking out instead of staying in bed—every decision creates an alternate universe in which an Echo self takes the road not traveled... -
The Last Adventure of Constance Verity by A. Lee Martinez
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsConstance Verity has been saving the world since she was seven, and she’s sick of it. She sets off on one last adventure to assassinate her fairy godmother and become the one thing she’s never been: ordinary.Ever since she was granted a wish at birth by her fairy godmother, Constance Verity has become one of the world’s great adventurers... -
Dying Bites by D.D. Barant
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsHer job description is the “tracking and apprehension of mentally-fractured killers.” What this really means in FBI profiler Jace Valchek’s brave new world—one in which only one percent of the population is human—is that a woman’s work is never done. And real is getting stranger every day…Jace has been ripped from her reality by David Cassius, the vampire head of the NSA...Categorized as:
magic action-adventure adult alpha-mc alternate-history alternate-universe audiobook book -
Virtual Mode by Piers Anthony
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsColene does not know what to think of the stranger she has rescued. Darius tells her he has traveled from "his reality" to find her. In proving to Colene that other worlds do exist, he uses up the power of the artifact that would allow them to travel back to his universe.They must try a slower, more dangerous method: the creation of a four-dimensional universe... -
Doughnut by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe doughnut is a thing of beauty. A circle of fried doughy perfection. A source of comfort in trying times, perhaps. For Theo Bernstein, however, it is far, far more.Things have been going pretty badly for Theo Bernstein. An unfortunate accident at work has lost him his job (and his work involved a Very Very Large Hadron Collider, so he's unlikely to get it back). His wife has left him... -
The Silver Dream by Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsSixteen-year-old Joey Harker has just saved the Altiverse—the dimension that contains all the myriad Earths—from complete destruction. After mastering the ability to walk between dimensions, Joey and his fellow InterWorld Freedom Fighters are on a mission to maintain peace between the rival powers of magic and science who seek to control all worlds...Categorized as:
coming-of-age magic action-adventure alternate-history alternate-universe audiobook book children
Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.