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This book is a) aimed at 10-12 year olds so I wasn't expecting to be scared by it and I wasn't and b) the first of a trilogy. It's a nice story about ghosts and living scarecrows, well written with rounded characters and a believable-ish story line. Recommended
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For those who are interested, Katherine Arden (of Winternight fame) has three new books : Small Spaces, Dead Voices and Dark Waters (to be released in August this year), a new trilogy.
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Book 3 in the Winternight Trilogy. More Russian fairy tales, culture and tradition. Just as good as the previous two, I couldn't put it down. Highly recommended. -
Book 2 in the Winternight Trilogy. This one continues with the story of Vasya to whom we are introduced in the first book. Like the first book it's a Russian fairy tale, so set in Russia with much description of snow and dangerously cold temperatures, demons, fairy folk (domovoi), ghosts etc. We get to know a lot more about the winter King, introduced in the first book by Vasya's nurse and we hear more about Russian tradition and much about horses. It's just as entertaining a read as the first one and I'm looking forward to the third one. Recommended
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Katherine Arden The Bear and the Nightingale
Viccie posted a topic in Fantasy & Myth: Authors and Books
I chanced on this description on Amazon In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, an elderly servant tells stories of sorcery, folklore and the Winter King to the children of the family, tales of old magic frowned upon by the church. But for the young, wild Vasya these are far more than just stories. She alone can see the house spirits that guard her home, and sense the growing forces of dark magic in the woods... and knowing that it's just the sort of thing my daughter loves got for h