3 stars: enjoyed this book, you might like it too

I got this as an ebook from the library not knowing a lot about it, including that it's a novella, which I didn't realize until the last page.

Otherwise it's more or less what I expected: a pretty solid fantasy story. There's a strong sense of an imaginary place and time which is not over-explained but just lets you live in it. It's about the lives of ordinary people and the decisions they make with glimpses of a much larger world.

I'm surprised this author hasn't yet published a full length novel - apparently it's in progress - and I'm looking forward to reading it.