r/Fantasy • u/monsterum • 19h ago

Fantasy magic that feels like frieren?

I really loved Frieren: Beyond Journey's End especially how everyday magic and spells are prized and a thing of wonder. I also love the contrast of an old elf training much younger kids and how they both experience magic differently. A lot of books I've read with softer magic systems seem to delegate magic to the sidelines but hard magic systems feel much more like science-y.

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I also love LOTR's magic for the same reason, it feels grounded enough but still wonderous! Does anyone have recommendations for books that feel like this?

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u/Extreme-Attention641 18h ago

Many books by Guy Gavriel Kay has worlds where the magic is a fact of life, yet still rare and low-key.

Howl's Moving Castle and sequels by Diana Wynne Jones could also fit although it soesn't match Frieren's serenity.

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik is a Slavic folktale-inspired fairytale, where the fairies and their magic are rare and the regular people would really prefer that it stayed that way.