Lightning in the Blood

I really enjoyed the first in this series, Cold-Forged Flame, enough to put it on my Hugo ballot last year, and this is a worthy successor. I really love the world and the characters, and I'm looking forward to more in this universe. I thought this series was so good that it convinced me that I need to read the author's Lady Trent series sooner, rather than later, even though it's based on a very different premise.