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Vassa in the Night by Sarah  Porter
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it was amazing
bookshelves: published-2016, signed, young-adult, fantasy, fableulous, retellings, urban-fantasy, for-podcast, read-2018, stars-5

Read this book for Fableulous.

Some quick thoughts before the podcast episode:

I've had this book since the book signing in 2016, and I'm kicking myself for waiting so long to read it. I am usually not a magical realism fan at ALL, so I get why I was against it for awhile. That being said, apparently I like it with a mixture of horror and Brooklyn.

This book is very polarized on my Goodreads feed, and I get why. It's weird as hell, and if I didn't have a love for Baba Yaga and weird books, I probably would have groaned at it too. I love that there is next to no love conflict in this book - seriously, I think it helps me enjoy this book so much more. It also has classroom discussion questions (maybe we will work it into the podcast? Who knows!) and I can definitely see it being a book I would have had a love/hate relationship with in school.

TL;DR, if you like Baba Yaga, go for it. If you love weird magical realism and horror combinations, go for it.
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Reading Progress

September 14, 2016 – Shelved
September 14, 2016 – Shelved as: to-read
July 22, 2017 – Shelved as: long-term-to-read
July 22, 2017 – Shelved as: published-2016
July 22, 2017 – Shelved as: signed
July 22, 2017 – Shelved as: young-adult
July 22, 2017 – Shelved as: fantasy
July 22, 2017 – Shelved as: fableulous
July 22, 2017 – Shelved as: retellings
July 22, 2017 – Shelved as: urban-fantasy
July 23, 2018 – Shelved as: to-read
July 23, 2018 – Shelved as: for-podcast
August 24, 2018 – Started Reading
August 24, 2018 –
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August 24, 2018 – Shelved as: read-2018
August 24, 2018 – Finished Reading
May 7, 2019 – Shelved as: stars-5

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