This is a great book! Hardinge's prose is exquisite, and she does an excellent job of building a really oppressive and claustrophobic gothic atmosphere, perfect for the Victorian era in which the story is set. The Lie Tree for me was primarily a historical novel but with fantastical elements, and I thought the two styles were really well brought together. This is the first Hardinge I have read, but I will definitely be reading more of her work.