![]() ![]() While clearly an imaginary world, many of the place names, both local (Loisail, Montipouret, Luquennay) and remote (Port Anselm, Yehenn, Carivatoo), evoke that, as does the atmosphere of carriages, telegraphs and newly built railways.ĭespite these stirrings of modernity it is still a ferociously traditional society, not to say patriarchal, with women's roles in particular fiercely constrained by the rules of etiquette and the fear of what Society will make of any scandal. ![]() well, perhaps a bit like somewhere in central Europe, on a planet a bit like Earth, around the turn of the 20th century. Moreno-Garcia's new novel is an engaging fantasy-romance with a hint of magic. I'm grateful to the publisher for an advance e-copy of this book via NetGalley. ![]()
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