This is my second time reading this book. It was a delight to wrap myself back in the magic of this spiky slimy strange world, so similar to the real age of sail but tiled 95 degrees into the direction of weird. Ships made from the bones of long dead sea dragons that were built like birds. Ship wife for captain (whether or not the shipwife is man, woman, or other), and the ship is masculine. A matriarchal society but no less cruel than our own. This book brims to bursting with ideas and character in the worldbuilding. It is also a thrilling tale of growth, hard choices, and learning more about this world.