This sat on my shelf for years before @TheAromaofBooks #doublespin pushed me to read it. I think I hesitated because I love the Mercy Thompson world so much and didn‘t know if I could love Briggs‘ high fantasy too (I should know better; same thing happened with Dragon Blood/Dragon Bones). Well, it was fantastic and now I‘m looking forward to the next book.
Solid world building, magic, danger, family, evil...worth reading.