This book is magnificent!!! I was expecting it to be a cozy, popcorn read, but it wasn't at all. The story had some very prescient things to say about virtue-signaling versus living virtuously, and the importance of choosing empathy over outrage. Also, Dora's plight in the book may be magical, but her muted ability to connect to her emotions, or to read social situations, read to me realistically on so many levels. Having someone REAL at the forefront of a regency novel, moved me unexpectedly. I love Dora and Elias, and my only regret is that I only got to spend fewer than 300 pages with them.