In the gilded age of cinema, as beautiful men and women make sacrifices to the occult powers that control Hollywood in a bid for literal stardom, a young Chinese-American girl yearns for fame… but she knows the kinds of roles that Hollywood has in mind for people who look like her, and the extra problems that face people who are queer like her, and she is determined to find her own way through. It’s old conflicts dressed up in magic, racism and sexism and the powerlessness of young women amplified by blood sacrifice and hungry monsters and the addictive, dangerous thrall of the Wild Hunt. Readers who love beautiful language and exotic magics will love this book; readers who want their magic to be logical, and their characters to be transparent about their motives, may be disappointed.