A review by toosharpbyhalf
Snowspelled by Stephanie Burgis

3.0

I very much enjoyed this second-chance historical fantasy romance. The world is fascinating, an alternative Victorian age where women wield both magic and political power and men are regarded as too hot-headed and unreliable to hold power. Lol. The heroine has burned out her magic trying to prove herself and her stubborn self-blame destroyed her relationship and drives a lot of the plot. The other big strand of the plot is that she manages to end up the target of a malicious member of the fey court. The romance is less to the fore and balanced with the fantasy story. If I have a criticism it's that I found it a little slight in itself but the sequel is much stronger and as an introdution to the world this works really well.