This one won the Nebula so I gave it a second look. Formerly I dismissed it as one of those Love In The Time of Cholera wannabes, written in an affected a magical realism style that I tend to find grating.
Second visit, it's actually more of a fairy tale, and a well-structured one if you can get past the style. Which I found annoying when I was in a grouchier mood, but now that I've got a head full of dopamine from listening to a couple of my favorite bands doing their thing, I'm inclined to be a little more tolerant.
It's still a bit cozier than I like my stories to be, but my opinion of the foundational structure beneath that "once upon a timiness" has improved, and right now I'm inclined to put this under T. Kingfisher as number 2.
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