Been rereading Pratchett again, particularly titles I only read once. In this case, I actually finished Lords and Ladies a few days ago, but my work schedule has made it hard for me to sit down and type a review.
This is one of the "Witch" novels, set after Witches Abroad and right before Maskerade , in which the old witches run afoul of the new witches, who are also accidentally about to release the Elves. (The elves are right rotten bastards, more in line with tales of the Unseeleigh Court than with say, Mercedes Lackey.) The ruckus gets going, as Margrat is finally going to marry Verance, which means the king, as he does again in Carpe Jugulum, has invited a bunch of dignitaries. (In this case, Ridcully, the Bursar, The Librarian, and Ponder Stibbons come to Lancre from Unseen University. Which leads to a rather funny B plot in which we find out Ridcully and Granny Weatherwax nearly had a thing in their blossoms of youth.)
So, the new coven (of which Agnes/Perdita is part of) has been dancing naked by the "Dancers", iron stones protecting a portal to Elfland. For better or worse, the elves do break through, leading to things like Margrat becoming a sword bearing armor wearing queen, Nanny Ogg and Casanuda going to visit the Horned Lord, and Granny figuring out how to Borrow bees.
It's quite a bit of fun, actually.
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