Vasya has forsaken her rather humdrum existence for adventure, but her excitement is overwhelmed by dread when she sees the veil lifted and beholds the true face of the world. Vasya Petrovna’s life as an independent woman with an unknown world to discover in all its colors has unfurled its sails yet again after a near miss with captivity. I didn’t even register the ending happening because the whole moment seemed to occur outside the scope of reality. Hours slipped by unseen, as though a shimmering veil of reverie has been drawn over me. The first book prodded at the edges of my mind, but it was this one that climbed inside, turned several circles, and settled in with a grunt. My heart filled with the remembered joy of giving yourself up to a book, while and entire, and letting it take you where it might. The Girl in The Tower had me hooked, line and sinker. I didn’t even register the ending happening b I am unabashedly in love with this book. Before she can untangle herself from Moscow’s intrigues-and as Frost provides counsel that may or may not be trustworthy-she will also confront an even graver threat lying in wait for all of Moscow itself.more She dares not reveal to the court that she is a girl, for if her deception were discovered it would have terrible consequences for herself and her family. The Grand Prince of Moscow anoints her a hero for her exploits, and she is reunited with her beloved sister and brother, who are now part of the Grand Prince’s inner circle. She cannot bring herself to accept either fate and instead chooses adventure, dressing herself as a boy and setting off astride her magnificent stallion Solovey.īut after she prevails in a skirmish with bandits, everything changes. Driven from her home by frightened villagers, she has only two options left: marriage or the convent. In The Girl in the Tower, Vasilisa faces an impossible choice. But Frost’s aid comes at a cost, and her people have condemned her as a witch. Vasilisa’s gift for seeing what others do not won her the attention of Morozko-Frost, the winter demon from the stories-and together they saved her people from destruction. Vasilisa has grown up at the edge of a Russian wilderness, where snowdrifts reach the eaves of her family’s wooden house and there is truth in the fairy tales told around the fire. Vasilisa’s gift for seeing what others do not won her the attention of Moro The Bear and the Nightingale, Katherine Arden’s enchanting first novel, introduced readers to an irresistible heroine.
The Bear and the Nightingale, Katherine Arden’s enchanting first novel, introduced readers to an irresistible heroine.
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