Lords and Ladies is another quick enjoyable page-turner of a Pratchett read even though it has a darker tone for the most part than the rest of the books in the series up to this point. There's a lot of introspection here, especially on the part of Granny Weatherwax, amongst the usual sharp wit and humour of a Discworld book. 

It's a book with a fair bit to say about old stories, ageing, and on change being so very important to being human. Granny is her usual forthright self to everyone around her in Lords and Ladies but it was interesting to see the slight angle of self doubt creeping in before she rights herself and fixes her place in the world once more. 

Nanny Ogg steals the show, and most of the food, in any given scene she's in and it was great to see her character being built some more following the Witches Abroad. There's more depth with the Ramtops based side characters too that has been seen in the past and that little insight into the wider lives of the likes of Jason and Shawn was lovely. 

Ultimately it's a story about Elves. And not the nice ethereal Tolkien kind. No, these Elves are capricious and malevolent creatures that bring to mind the likes of the Gentlemen with the Thistledown Hair from Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. This twisting of them works really well for a story based around perception and how things can become distorted over time 

Oh, and there's a good old dash of Ook thanks the wonderful appearance from a few Unseen University faculty which is a joy