Daughter of the Empire

This was far more involving than I was expecting and fell into the category of "finding reasons to read". This is partly because it is a well-written story of intrigue, and partly because it dropped enough hints about the wider world to make me curious where this was going. I anticipate/hope that the next books in the series will head off in unexpected directions, or at least move beyond the "simple" bounds of Lords and Ladies jostling for positions of power. I also would not have guessed this was written in the '80s, since the empowerment theme feels very current. Very much looking forward to the next in the trilogy.