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This is a work of adult fantasy by a prolific children's fantasy author - and it's probably the most "adult" work of fantasy I have read, thematically speaking. It's about a recently divorced woman in her late 30s who feels like a failure at life, who finds herself pulled into a fantasy world where the customs don't align with our morality, and falls in (maternal) love with a child who she is forced to look after. Said child would be the protagonist if this were a children's book - seeing it play out from the point of view of an adult who loves her is stressful.
Not quite everything in the story landed for me, but this is a conceptually interesting work of fantasy and well-told. Would recommend.