Below is the complete list of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Wicked Trilogy books in order. For this series, the chronological reading order is the same as the order of publication.
Publication Order of Wicked Trilogy Books
- Wicked (2014)
Wicked was published in 2014 and is listed as book #1 in the Wicked Trilogy series. - Torn (2016)
Published in 2016, Torn is listed as book #2 in the Wicked Trilogy series. - Brave (2017)
Brave is a 2017 release and appears as book #3 in the Wicked Trilogy series. - The Prince (2018)
In the Wicked Trilogy series, The Prince is book #4 and was published in 2018. - The King (2019)
The King was first published in 2019; within the Wicked Trilogy series, it is listed as book #5. - The Queen (2020)
The Queen was published in 2020 and is listed as book #6 in the Wicked Trilogy series. - The Summer King (2026)
Published in 2026, The Summer King is listed as book #7 in the Wicked Trilogy series.
About Wicked Trilogy
Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Wicked Trilogy is a paranormal romance series set in New Orleans, where fae, ancient gates, secret guardians, and dangerous attraction collide. The main trilogy consists of Wicked, Torn, and Brave, following Ivy Morgan as she fights to protect the human world from fae who are far more beautiful, deadly, and manipulative than most people could imagine. The series carries many of Armentrout’s familiar strengths: fast pacing, romantic tension, supernatural danger, sharp banter, and a heroine whose understanding of her own world changes dramatically as the story unfolds.
Ivy Morgan is a member of the Order, a secret organization trained to hunt fae and stop them from harming humans. Her life is shaped by duty, loss, and strict rules about what the fae are and what must be done to contain them. New Orleans gives the series a strong atmosphere from the beginning. The city’s old streets, hidden corners, nightlife, and sense of mystery fit naturally with a story about invisible supernatural threats moving just beneath ordinary life.
The first book, Wicked, introduces Ivy as a capable but emotionally guarded heroine who has already paid a personal price for the work she does. Her mission becomes more complicated when Ren Owens arrives in New Orleans. Ren is confident, skilled, secretive, and immediately disruptive to Ivy’s carefully managed life. Their chemistry is one of the trilogy’s main engines, but Armentrout does not build the story on romance alone. The danger surrounding the fae grows quickly, and Ivy begins to learn that the Order may not have told her everything she needs to know.
Tink, the brownie who lives with Ivy, gives the series much of its humor and oddball charm. He is one of the most memorable supporting characters in the trilogy because he cuts through the darker supernatural stakes with sarcasm, appetite, pop-culture obsession, and unexpected loyalty. His presence helps balance the series’ tension, making Ivy’s world feel more personal and less purely mission-driven.
Torn deepens the central conflict by forcing Ivy to confront truths that change how she sees herself, Ren, and the larger war between humans and fae. The emotional stakes become more painful here because Armentrout pushes beyond simple good-versus-evil categories. Ivy’s identity, trust, and future are all placed under pressure, and the romance becomes more complicated as secrets and supernatural consequences close in around her.
Brave brings the trilogy’s main arc to its resolution, with Ivy facing the full danger of the fae world and the choices that come with knowing the truth. By this point, she is no longer simply a soldier following the Order’s rules. She has become someone who must decide what courage means when love, loyalty, and survival are all tangled together. The title fits her journey well because Ivy’s bravery is not only physical. It is emotional, moral, and deeply personal.
The Wicked Trilogy also has connected companion novellas, including stories focused on the fae prince and related characters, but Ivy and Ren’s arc remains the core of the main series. At its heart, Wicked is a paranormal romance about hidden worlds, dangerous desire, and the unsettling discovery that the monsters a person has been trained to fight may not be the only source of deception.