A wonderful new entry in Brennan’s delightful, Victorian-Esque fantasy world. Set a decade or three after the end of the original Lady Trent quintet, this should appeal to existing fans and provide a good entry point for new readers as well, with a young heroine on a very different journey (less action, more scholarship; and more local politics, rather than inadvertent global interference) but with the same detail, excellent writing, and deeply rooted looks at gender, misogyny, racism, and the ways individuals can buck systems of oppression — all disguised as a fantasy of manners and dragons.