I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I adored this fantasy mystery! Robert Jackson Bennett excels at world-building and indirect characterization here--extra points for the queer-coding and neurodivergent representation--and the dialogue is wryly hilarious. I found myself wanting to learn more about the settings he created as well as Din and Ana's pasts. I can't wait to read the next one in the series (and was, in fact, sad that I couldn't immediately get my hands on it).

Pick this up if you're hankering for a new fantasy series with a Sherlock-and-Holmes dynamic.