The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3) in Around the World in 80 Books

Jul 18, 2019 Nadine in NY Jones rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: based-on-a-folk-tale, fantasy-and-sci-fi, era-medieval, angels-and-demons-and-good-and-evil, gods-known-and-unknown, based-on-real-life, r2019-in-2019

“Run into the dark. ... Touch the oak-sapling and run into the dark. That is the road, from here to the oak-tree by the lake. The road through Midnight opens every night to those with eyes to see. There will be refuge for you by the lake. Hold it in your mind; a stretch of water, shining, with a great oak that grows at the bow-curve of its shore. Run into the dark, and be brave.”

I got off to a rocky start with this story, it was unexpectedly brutal in the opening scenes. CW: violence against ...more

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Oct 19, 2020 Anie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: female-author, female-protagonist, fiction, library, sff, 2020

This book. This trilogy. So good.

I was incredibly pleased with the wrap up for this - it's nuanced and thoughtful, and was well laid out; you can see where earlier happenings led to the outcome in this book. This is the book where Vasya grows up; she comes into her own. And it is delightful. ...more

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Jan 28, 2019 Sarah rated it really liked it

Shelves: owned, magic-sci-fi-fantasy, russian-literature, historical-fiction, special-edition-edges, illumicrate

I loved this series! If you like folklore and fantasy, magic and war of good vs. evil (and the knowledge that a little of both lies within us), and adventure and even a little romance, this is the series for you.

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Nov 09, 2019 Sunflower rated it liked it

Shelves: e-books, fiction-read-2019

I enjoyed this series enough to start this one as soon as I had finished the second book. Not usually a fantasy fan, but I wish there were more in the series.

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Nov 02, 2019 Grace rated it really liked it

This plot was well thought, well researched and well executed. A Russian glossary and historical notes were included in the book.
There were a lot of plot twists and they annoyed me because it made everything we had read prior (and several deaths) pointless. But in the end, I realised that it did depict humanity accurately and it did make the story believable, because nothing in real life IS ever purely black or white, and some real-life deaths ARE pointless.
I appreciated what the author has do ...more

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