A Snake Falls to Earth

Big Library Read: this was a freebie on my library app and I'd have been unlikely to read it otherwise. However it was such an enjoyable read that I'll be looking out for the author's other work.
Stories within stories and worlds within worlds. It pulled me into a place I'd never visited before and made me care.
Towards the end things got a little too muddled, but that didn't really detract from the pleasure I got from the overall read.