Man I had such a nice time reading this book! It was one of those that I started and finished in one day, because I was so eager to see where the story went.
This is definitely one of those books where the overall synopsis does a lot of the heavy lifting: if a story about gays in magical Edwardian England sounds like it'll be up your alley, it almost certainly will be. The slow burn of interest between Robin, a baronet struggling with providing for his sister after his sister's death, and Edwin, a magician whose power is small enough to be the black sheep of his magical family, is wonderful. I also loved the way magic works within the "normal" history of England, and how it creates an unequal hierarchy that leads to bad decisions by many characters.
It's a rare book that manages to be equally interested in the romance (and sex!) at the heart of the story as it in the historical and magical worldbuilding; it manages to really nail both genres, and I'm so glad that it's the first book of a trilogy so I can spend more time in this world with these characters (and new ones as well).
Grade: A
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