Stephanie Burgis' Snowspelled
This is one of those novellas that I wish was just a full-length novel, because there are so many exposition dumps! It’s set in a world that is like regency England, except women are politicians and men and magicians, except our protagonist is a woman magician, but she lost her ability to do magic before the events of the story. Anyway, the actual story finds the young woman and her family going to a house party where her ex-fiancé will also be, and there’s an unnatural snowstorm, and a meddling elf lord, and a subplot with a pair of cute young lesbians. I will say I liked the romance here a lot, and loved the family relationships, but the whole elf lord thing is resolved too quickly. Again, this would have been improved if it was longer! Still a super cute and diverting read. B+.
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