If the knife-edge scheming of Viviane at Avalon, the political cost of Arthur’s oath to bear the scabbard, and the Gwenhwyfar–Arthur–Lancelet triangle hooked you, you’ll love the labyrinthine intrigue of Kushiel’s Dart. Phèdre, bound by a divine mark, navigates rival houses, spycraft, and sacrificial loyalties with the same blend of sensuality and statecraft that colors Morgaine’s and Viviane’s gambits. The stakes feel as intimate and perilous as when Avalon’s designs collide with Camelot’s, and every alliance carries the weight of faith and duty.

If you were drawn to the long arc from Igraine’s bargain through Arthur’s reign—spanning courts, sacred orders, and Avalon's fading power—The Priory of the Orange Tree delivers that same expansive sweep. Like Morgaine’s world, it interweaves priestesses, queens, and dragon lore across continents, with women—much like Morgaine, Viviane, and Gwenhwyfar—anchoring the fate of nations as prophecy, religious rifts, and old magic shape a world on the brink.

If Morgaine’s first-person confessional and her re-centering of the Arthurian cycle captivated you, Circe offers a similar reframing. Like Bradley’s compassionate lens on Morgaine versus the court’s judgment, Miller gives Circe her own voice—charting exile, craft, and defiant love. The goddess–mortal tensions echo Avalon’s old religion against Camelot’s new order, while the magic remains intimate and ritual-toned, reminiscent of Viviane’s rites and Morgaine’s hard-won agency.

If the spiritual tug-of-war between Avalon’s Goddess and the encroaching Church—and how it shapes Morgaine, Viviane, and Gwenhwyfar—moved you, The Bear and the Nightingale will resonate. Vasya’s bond with house spirits and forest powers collides with a zealous priest much as Avalon's rites clash with Camelot’s piety. The wintry folklore, quiet rituals, and slow-blooming power mirror the atmospheric, sacred texture of Morgaine’s path.

If you loved how Morgaine, Viviane, and even Gwenhwyfar reshape legend from behind the curtains of power, The Once and Future Witches channels that same ferocity into three sisters reclaiming witchcraft. The whispered spells, coded rituals, and political organizing echo Avalon’s hidden rites and the way women’s networks steer history while men claim the songs—very much the dynamic beneath Arthur’s court and the Mists’ concealment.