Where Dreams Descend

 Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles, 464 pages.

Kallia has spent her whole life in Hellfire House, performing as the star masked magician in the mysterious club. But she feels trapped, and the city of Glorian calls out to her across the cursed woods, so when secrets revealed send her life tumbling down she runs to the city and enters a cutthroat competition for magicians. Kallia is the only women in the competition, as female magicians rarely make it to the stage, but she is determined to shine brighter than any of her competitors. Until competitors start to go missing, and she has something much more ominous to worry about. 

This was a fun book! I found it a little frustrating how many problems only existed because everyone steadfastly refused to share any information at all, as well as the 2-dimensional other competitors who mostly seem to exist as strawmen to perform sexism. That being said, it's a very stylish book, and it sets up some interesting questions that will hopefully be answered in the sequel.