Recs if you like Clariel (Abhorsen, #4)...

JK Rowling is a bigot who uses her platform to hurt transfolks and other marginalized groups (plus she literally just quoted Mein Kampf on the bird site). If you're still supporting her in 2025, don't bother talking to me.

Because magic and murder do kind of mix

for when you want to feel like a Mortalitasi death mage of Nevarra's Grand Necropolis.

(or: books that feel reminiscent of Nevarran culture in the Dragon Age series; worldbuilding that centers death and necromancy as a major facet of culture, spirituality, and political structures)