I enjoyed this so much. I’d only read Zen Cho’s Malaysian fairytales before so I was completely unprepared for this extremely Jane Austen-esque treatment of magical England, with bonus characters of color who were looked down on by society, but grudgingly tolerated because they were incredible magicians. (And they were adorable! For any fans of Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series, I really feel like Prunella is Iskierka in human form.) The prose and dialogue are florid but also delightfully deadpan; the plot was slow to get started but finished so delightfully that I was sad to get to the end. I already have the sequel on hold at the library.
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