Aliette de Bodard's writing is something I always enjoy! This has very background worldbuilding inspired by pre-colonial Vietnam and I really feel like I could read a much longer work set in this world. I would have loved Giang to be developed a bit further, they're quite central but I feel like Thahn and Eldris come across so strongly that in comparison Giang feels a bit more like an idea than a fully fleshed out character. But the prose was lovely as always!