Oh, look, it’s regency-esque magic and romance. How perfectly in my wheelhouse.
I loved the little touches, like Boudicca beating back the romance and setting a precedent for women as the sensible political sex, and the story overall—for all that it didn’t try to be very surprising—was really sweet.
It may be getting a stars boost from the narrator; I picked this book up because Emma Newman narrates it and I love when she reads her own work so having her read this was part of what made it so good. But I also think it stands on its own.