Historical fantasy of a sort, this certainly involved more research than "Ninth House" or "Hell Bent". Bardugo has spoken to the fact that this is, among other things, a tribute to her Spanish Jewish heritage and I was excited to read her spin on that. Welp, I'll take the dark academia over this genre, in the end: the messy tangle of history and religion with magic and mythical creatures left me without a foot to stand on. Also, whyyyyyyyy does everything have to have romance? 2.5 stars