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Some slightly off-track suggestions (because genres are a bit misaligned with what you're asking for):
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb series)
Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won’t set her free without a service.
Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will be become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon’s sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die.
I must admit that Charles Stross' pitch is what got me to pick up the book in the first place, it's just too funny:
“Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!” —Charles Stross
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn Trilogy)
OK, maybe not so far off the path ...
Storm Front by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files series)