I came across this more or less at random when looking at LGBT tags, and I'm honestly pretty impressed. It's a very solid fantasy novel with some neat worldbuilding going into even incidental aspects of the setting. It comes together so well to present a story of love and found family in a world that'd otherwise be so bleak for Navaeli.
I'm mostly here for gay girls but Meparik bears special mention as a character I really liked. The book had me constantly rooting for the little guy, especially after the reveal of where he got his name from.