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The Girl in the Tower
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Naomi
Jan 29, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Reread- just as good the second time around. There is something about the writing that calms a part of my heart and makes me breath. It is so beautiful.

This series makes me so happy. It fills a hole created in the midst of all the YA fantasy. It is clever and sad and sweet. I will never stop loving the relationship between the sibling characters. I adore Vasya, and now Marya. I appreciate that this really delves into the relationship between siblings and family and focuses on that rather than r
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Melissa
Dec 06, 2017 rated it it was amazing
I was surprised by the first book, The Bear and the Nightingale, and I eagerly awaited this book. I have to admit that, at first I was thinking this book might suffer from second book syndrome as Vasya kept making bad choices. She is learning something totally new so that is expected, but sometimes frustrating for the reader. Still, as things moved on and I became more curious. Once she became reunited with 2 of her older siblings I was totally invested.

This story is a retelling of Russian myth
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Dec 26, 2017 rated it really liked it
I couldn’t put it down.
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