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A review by bookph1le
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
4.0
This was a really gorgeous end to the trilogy that made me feel a lot of things. All three books were the type that catapulted me deep into their world, and I barely breathed until I emerged on the other side.
One of the things I like best about this trilogy is that it's complicated. There are shades of gray all over the place. Arden does such a great job of illuminating the bad within the good and vice versa. And Vasya is hands-down one of my favorite female characters in recent literature. She has a good core, but she's still petty, selfish, and short-sighted at times, and the book not only lets her be all these things, it celebrates the fact that she is. Vasya is human first and foremost, and that shines through in all three of the books.
Though I'm sad this trilogy is over, I'm eager for more from Arden and am really looking forward to seeing how she develops as a writer.
One of the things I like best about this trilogy is that it's complicated. There are shades of gray all over the place. Arden does such a great job of illuminating the bad within the good and vice versa. And Vasya is hands-down one of my favorite female characters in recent literature. She has a good core, but she's still petty, selfish, and short-sighted at times, and the book not only lets her be all these things, it celebrates the fact that she is. Vasya is human first and foremost, and that shines through in all three of the books.
Though I'm sad this trilogy is over, I'm eager for more from Arden and am really looking forward to seeing how she develops as a writer.