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The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

Katherine Arden

Start date: November 1, 2025

Finish date: November 30, 2025

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* 4th Quarter 2025 SBR: The Winternight Trilogy
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* October 2025 FBR - Main Buddy Read: The Forest of Enchantments by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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Jul 09, 2018 Carrie rated it really liked it

Shelves: demons, historical-fantasy, heroine-i-adore, 4-and-a-half-to-5-stars, next-in-a-series, fantasy, series-overload, russia, historical-fiction

It's more then 4 stars...but not a full 5 stars.

I can not wait for book 3 though...I'd like to be reading it now.. ...more

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Sep 17, 2018 Trisha rated it really liked it

review tomorrow

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Mar 16, 2019 Ketutar Jensen rated it liked it

Continuation of Vasilissa's story. She gets involved with the lords of Moscow and, of course, it ends badly - now, it's the whole Moscow accusing her of witchcraft.
I don't get it. As if... well... no worse spoilers than I already have given.

I think she's selfish. I don't agree with or approve her choices. Doesn't much matter, does it?
There is some "let's make this character react like this because it fits the plot", and I don't like that.
When she said (view spoiler) ...more

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Mar 02, 2018 Andy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-fiction, fantasy, ebook, faves, fiction, 5star, magical-realism

read during the snow storm of spring 2018 - the beast from the east

builds on the first book
begin to see reflections of real historical events, the conflict between emerging Moscow and the Tatar horde
Alexander Peresvet and Chelubey

really builds the main characters
get much more depth from Vasya as her connection to the waning old spirits grows and she becomes embroiled in the political scene.
interesting view of a woman's role in 14th century Rus and her struggle for purpose

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