After several months without a letter from her missionary brother, Catherine Helstone is determined to travel to find him and assist him in his work spreading the word of Christianity. Unfortunately, Catherine's brother is on a mission in Arcadia, land of the fae, where the people aren't strictly human (and so may not have souls to save) and even such simple things as time and space pay no heed to "civilized" rules. Yet after him she goes, ending up in the tower room of the manor house in which he lives, accompanied by only a ravenous changeling, a seldom-seen fire spirit, and the one Christian convert in the land, a gnome that handles the manor's landscaping.
While the worldbuilding is suitably confusing (in a good way!) and the gothic atmosphere is on point, there are some plot twists and turns in this book that left me nothing more than unsettled. I finished reading this more than a week ago, and I honestly still don't know what I think of it. However, I can't wait to discuss it with the Orcs & Aliens on Monday, as I'm sure they'll have plenty to say!
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