I honestly have no idea what I just read. It's unabashedly Tamsyn Muir but the characters are much less charming than the cast of The Locked Tomb trilogy, so it wasn't quite funny and indeed, Floralinda's princess disposition (aka limp lettuce syndrome) got rather old very quickly and by the time she toughened up, the story was over.

It takes a long time for the plot to take its first step and then proceeds with exceeding slowness before barreling towards the end in a way I didn't quite understand.

So while not the level of genius as Gideon the Ninth, Floralinda was still enjoyable if only because of the wry tone that Tamsyn is so masterful with.

{Thank you Subterranean Press and NetGalley for the advanced copy; all thoughts are my own}