Beyond Selidor

Intense is definitely the word for it. I've read all these books of hers over the course of about three months (starting in December last year), which is of course way longer than books of their length would normally take me to read, but the intensity is, as you say, a bit overwhelming. They're all books about people surviving emotional abuse and trauma (in spite of their whimsical settings), and that's always very hard to read.

I love them so much - A Skinful of Shadows most of all, but they're all fabulous.