Although best known for her otherworldly fantasies, McKillip proves she is equally at home with the modern world. -- Drew Bittner, SFRevu
A stand alone novel, readers will want to peruse this tale and its award winning precedent. -- Harriet Klausner's Review Archive
...despite its present-day backdrop, the novel develops into a satisfying, old-fashioned gothic romance with a dark queen, a changeling, a circle of wise women and more than a few surprises. -- Gavin J. Grant, BooksAMillion
As always, McKillip writes sparely, with elegance and precision, and this time disguises her usual insufficiency of plot behind an annoying and disconcerting succession of first-person narrators. -- Kirkus, via MonstersAndCritics.com