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The Bear and the Nightingale
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
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Start date
December 1, 2024
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December 31, 2024
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December 2024 Group Read
09/22/22 nominated by Nicole

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Kristina
Mar 09, 2025 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Goodness, this was outstanding! Gorgeously written and magically told, this journey into the winter woods couldn’t have been better. The author expertly wove together history, myth, nature and feminism into a brilliant map of medieval Russian folklore. The woods are dangerous in winter but I swear you’ll never want to leave them. Just leave some bread for the domovoi before you journey out into the night.
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❄Elsa Frost❄
Dec 13, 2017 added it
Shelves: fairy-tale, fantasy, young-adult, favorite-writing-style
So this is one of the most confusing ratings for me to give, so I'll leave it unrated. Technically, I give it 4 stars for writing style (that was an amazing writing style), and 2 stars for plot development. The plot, I felt, needed so much more work. Not because it was slow-paced (I'm actually more fond of books that are slow-paced), but because the plot didn't really begin till about 2/3 of the way. The writing style makes up for it, but even then the plot needed more work. However, I look forw ...more
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Another Pony
Jan 06, 2019 rated it really liked it
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Katie
Jan 28, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Dana Teal Spangler
Sep 27, 2020 rated it it was amazing
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Mar 18, 2021 marked it as to-read
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Nov 26, 2022 marked it as to-read
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Dec 28, 2022 marked it as to-read
Shelves: winter-christmas, fantasy, forest, series
Amanda Gracia
Feb 23, 2024 rated it really liked it
K
Aug 15, 2023 marked it as to-read
Shelves: fairy-tales-magic-retellings, cd
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Dec 17, 2024 marked it as to-read
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Feb 11, 2025 marked it as to-read
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Jul 31, 2025 marked it as to-read
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