First, it’s Joel Leslie. It’s read well and well paced. Next, it is Jordan L. Hawk’s strange little town of Widdershins, Massachusetts. You don’t need to have finished the W&G series to enjoy the book. I didn’t love the Whyborne and Griffin narrator, so I didn’t make it past the first few chapters of Fallow, but I didn’t have any trouble following the events here. That said, you’d probably benefit from the world building in at least the first book in that series. I recommend reading it though. I loved both Ver and Sebastian. I loved Sebastian’s sister and her passle of happy children. I laughed aloud at “A wife in every port and a husband on every ship.” I am absolutely shipping Miss Endicott and Nocturne. Tentacles are awesome. I’ll definitely read the next when it is released. Recommend.