I always wonder how sequels to things like, well, Pride and Prejudice and Dragons go once the Pride and Prejudice is done and we're at...and Dragons.
It's still a really interesting world and the class conflict of am I good-enough carries the story for quite a while.
And it lacks some of the utter charm and delight that comes from the Austen-ing of the original. It needs something else to carry it and this felt a lot like a...middle book that still needs to go somewhere.