:D
This book made me happy, which surprised me since I was expecting not to like Tess. Mostly because I have, historically, had a hard time with characters who make terrible life choices. Tess worked for me--I may finally be old enough to appreciate why 17 year olds make terrible life choices (rather than needing to justify my own) or Hartman was successful enough in painting the layers of misogyny and culture that ensnared Tess that I understood why her and my perspective were so divergent.
Anyway, this was delightful and it felt like a return to everything I liked about Seraphina.