I've read and enjoyed a couple of #NaomiNovik 's novels, but I think this collection of short stories is actually even better. She is very much someone who works in pastiches and homages of existing genres and writers, but she draws on an appealing range of inspirations, from fairy tales and mythology to Ursula K. Le Guin to Jane Austen (Elizabeth Bennet, dragonrider!). Some of her stories are creepy and unsettling, without quite being horror, but most have a lot of fun and spark, and I laughed out loud quite a few times. #Bookstodon @bookstodon
