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Naomi Novik

Start date: December 17, 2015

Finish date: December 31, 2015

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Jan 17, 2018 Netanella rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, fantasy-romance, wizard-warlock, buddy-reads, 2018-january-reading-challenges

This was a buddy read with my GR buddy Hipnoticraqs, and the thread can be found here.

Easily 5 stars. Thank you, Ms. Green, for the recommendation of another incredible read. I only have myself to blame for having had this beauty in my TBR pile for so long. ...more

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Jan 15, 2016 Cora rated it really liked it

Shelves: available-at-library, library, wizards, folklore, fairy-tales, coming-of-age, magic, friendship, baba-yaga

Every ten years the lord of the region, who happens to be a powerful wizard called the Dragon, chooses a village girl to serve him for ten years in his tower. The villagers are not sure what he uses the girls for, but at the end of ten years the girl is released, seemly unharmed. Once released, the girls are not satisfied with their former lives and most leave the village to pursue a life outside the region. The villages border an evil wood that can corrupt living things, turning them into evil ...more

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Mar 04, 2023 Rachel N. rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, magic, wizard, witches, read-in-2023

Agnieszka lives in a valley that has a corrupt wood on it's edge. The valley is protected by a wizard known as the dragon in exchange every ten years he takes a girl from the valley to live with him. Everyone knows Agnieszka's best friend Kasia will be the next one picked so it's a big surprise when he picks Agnieszka instead. The slowly expands beyond Agnieszka and Sarkan (the wizard's) relationship to deal with the wood's corruption and thew rest of the kingdom. I liked the unique villain and ...more

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Feb 11, 2017 Kat rated it liked it

Shelves: 2017

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May 31, 2015 Jessica rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy

3 stars.

Good:
The writing style, which evoked fairy tales.
The creative use of The Woods as the home for all the world's evils.
The court politics - usually I'm bored by them, but here they worked.

The bad:
The main character is a cypher, in spite of being a first person POV.
The romance (too abrupt, and the hero's character is also a cypher.)
The ending, which felt rushed.

One of the hallmarks of great fantasy is the incredible sense of place. The best authors can create an unfamiliar world, and make ...more

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Nov 16, 2015 Rebekah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-adult, rating-4, genre-fiction, genre-fantasy, genre-fantasy-fairy-tales, genre-romance, genre-fantasy-magic, genre-fantasy-high-fantasy, nbrc-bom-br, genre-fantasy-dragons

This was a fun YA fairytale novel in the tradition of Eastern European fairytales (i.e. Grimm). It was quite enjoyable and the female characters were smart and powerful. A refreshing read. I would love to check out other works by this author!

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