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A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
"When a charming stranger’s sorcery seeps into a quiet countryside home, a resolute young woman must untangle dark enchantments before they swallow her family whole. Wry, atmospheric, and edged with fairy-tale menace, A Sorceress Comes to Call delivers T. Kingfisher’s signature blend of sharp humor, creeping dread, and a heroine who refuses to be easy prey."
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... a fairy-tale retelling where a practical heroine outsmarts predatory magic and protects her household?
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
If what gripped you was the way a cunning, grounded young woman counters a beautiful predator’s glamour with grit and folk-ward savvy, you’ll love how Miryem turns debts into power in Spinning Silver. As she bargains with the Staryk king and navigates Irina’s perilous marriage to a tsar possessed by a fire demon, the book delivers that same escalating, house-and-family-at-stake tension you felt when the daughter in A Sorceress Comes to Call fought back with iron, salt, and sheer stubborn wit.
... dry Regency wit laced through sorcery and social maneuvering?
Sorcerer To The Crown by Zen Cho
You’ll get the same sly, sparkling voice and manners-meet-magic fun here that leavened the darker moments of A Sorceress Comes to Call. Zacharias Wythe, the reluctant Sorcerer Royal, and the irrepressible Prunella Gentleman must navigate salon gossip, institutional prejudice, and a crisis of dwindling magic—delivering the kind of sharp banter and social fencing you enjoyed when propriety collided with witchcraft in country drawing rooms.
... women banding together to fight abusive power with scrappy, folkloric witchcraft?
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
If your favorite beats were watching a daughter push back against a charming, corrosive sorceress by reclaiming small, practical spells, the Eastwood sisters’ campaign will hit home. Juniper, Agnes, and Beatrice stitch together broom-lore, kitchen charms, and stolen words to challenge tyrants in New Salem—echoing the way resourcefulness and solidarity turned the tide against predatory magic in A Sorceress Comes to Call.
... a claustrophobic, country-house battle with forbidden magic and a charming facade?
The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling
Craved that tight, domestic battlefield where polite smiles hide monstrous secrets? Jane’s marriage of convenience to Dr. Augustine Lawrence curdles into locked doors, occult mathematics, and oaths gone wrong at Lindridge Hall. The intimate, candlelit confrontations and escalating rules-you-mustn’t-break will remind you of the close-quarters struggle to unmask and outmaneuver a smiling, soul-hungry sorceress in A Sorceress Comes to Call.
... loose, folkloric magic that turns on intuition, bargains, and the land itself?
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
If you liked how instinctive, not-over-explained witchcraft—charms, wards, and clever workarounds—let a determined heroine outfox a glamoured threat, Uprooted delivers. Agnieszka’s messy, intuitive spells clash with the Dragon’s rigid magic as they face the corrupt, hungry Wood—capturing the same vibe as those improvised protections and canny bargains that kept a household one step ahead in A Sorceress Comes to Call.
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