I want a book that is like if Bridgerton had hot Fae Lords

If the Fair Folk were going to show themselves during any time period in our world, it would probably have been during the Regency Era in London, England. Most legends agree that the Fae enjoy intricate niceties and random, sometimes dangerous bargains. They would probably love the idea that wearing the wrong pantaloons at a high society dance could get you kicked out and blackballed. Additionally, because they are not supposed to share their real names with anyone, the Regency rule about men and women not calling each other by their Christian names unless they're on their way to the altar wouldn't bother them at all. 

So, if you're like me, and you think Bridgerton would have been even more fun if Eloise had to make a magical bargain with an elf lord, you'll probably want to pick up Half a Soul, the first book in Olivia Atwater's Regency Faerie Tales series. Navigating the Season is all about understanding nuance and social cues, and frankly, Dora hasn't been great at that ever since a cruel fairy took part of her soul when she was ten. Her ability to feel and sense emotion has faded into near uselessness, which makes it difficult for her to determine which actions are shocking to the general public and which are not. This is bad news for her, but good news for readers, especially those who enjoy dry humor, a hot-tempered magician love interest, and verbal sparring.

Another author who saw the potential of Fae-filed cotillions and raised us the pointless and delicious drama of reality TV dating shows is Sasha Peyton Smith. Her debut YA novel The Rose Bargain asks the important question, "What if making a social mistake could kill more than just your reputation?" In this alternative to history, a powerful and immortal Faerie queen took over England by means of a dirty bargain. Four hundred years later, when our heroine Ivy is beginning her debutante Season, the queen is still dishing out favors in exchange for a baby toe, or a molar, or an ability to turn left—nonessentials like that.

This year, however, the queen is also auctioning off the hand of her Faerie son Bram to whichever girl wins a series of magical competitions. The catch is that the losers must swear never to marry. Ivy's family has been cast out of the Polite World due to her older sister's disaster of a Season, so she assumes she has nothing to lose (and possibly a crown to gain) by competing in the Magical Bachelor Season from Hell. It doesn't hurt that the queen's human stepson is superhot and is willing to help her win for his own dubious reasons. Will there be double-dealing and double-crossings? You bet. What there won't be is girl hate: the contestants are refreshingly supportive of each other in this first installment of a planned duology. 

I read both of these in the same week and surfaced for air with a powerful craving for scones and loose-leaf tea. If you think of any other books that take magic and corset etiquette and squish them together, please let me know posthaste.