If she succeeds, her life will change for the better, and if she fails, she will die. One day she opens the trunk at the foot of his bed, inadvertently freeing a god of death, who takes her to Mérida to reclaim his eye, ear, finger, and jade necklace. Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno GarciaĬasiopea is unhappy living in her grandfather’s house where she is treated as a servant. Like The Night Circus, this book is a very slow burn full of layered magic.
When those powers draw the Emperor’s attention, she must resist…lest the gods waken. Mehr’s powers come from her exiled mother. Con woman Nahri accidentally summons djinn Dara, and they go on the run together from Cairo to Daevabad, the legendary city of brass. Okay, so The Night Circus is an epic story and a fantasy story, whereas The City of Brass is epic fantasy. Perhaps a better comp for The Starless Sea, this is an epic story about a research librarian trying to save his sister from a family curse. Fantasy and Other Books Like The Night Circus The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler She seeks safety in a clairvoyant community in the London underground.
Paige Mahoney has escaped from prison, but she isn’t really free. The Mime Order (The Bone Season #2) by Samantha Shannon
Red London is preparing for the Element Games Kell is dreaming of ominous events Lila is sailing back toward land and Black London is coming back to life. A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic #2) by V.E. They fight crime! Books About Magical Competitions Like The Night Circus A Crown of Wishes by Roshani ChokshiĪ princess taken prisoner of war and a prince with a desire to be more than a puppet king team up to compete in the Tournament of Wishes, where each of them hopes to win their heart’s desire. Tsira is a troll who rescues a human and is targeted by whomever is killing trolls. Onna is a magical protegé in search of a magical university that will admit her and drawn into a mysterious troll murder. And as a point of interest, January and The Starless Sea fall into almost all the same subcategories, despite having little in common plotwise.
I read The Night Circus and The Ten Thousand Doors of January within about a month of each other and wow did they both activate the same feels for me! Both are sweeping historical fantasy written in beautiful, heart-achingly gorgeous prose. The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Two magicians-one a recluse turned celebrity and the other a daring young man drawn to the most perilous forms of magic-join forces. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarkeġ806.
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