Magical England

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Young English ladies in the Victorian era were held to a strict code of conduct. They were expected to behave well, and marry well. Young Gemma Doyle, however, grew up with her family in colonial India. It was only after her mother's mysterious death on Gemma's 16th birthday, that she was sent to England for schooling. But turning 16 had other effects on Gemma as well - she started to have visions, and developed the ability to visit an alternate realm. There seemed to be a young man from India following her. And what was the amulet her mother had pressed into her hand before dying?


Sorcery and Cecelia, or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

A blend of magic and romance, set in 19th century England, this book is written as the correspondence between two cousins. In this England, magic is commonplace. Kate is in London for the season, but Cecelia was not allowed to go. This does not prevent her from having her own adventures at home. An evil wizard is trying to steal magical power, and the girls become involved in preventing the plot.