A review by roseleaf24
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

5.0

Hale evokes both a fantasy world based on ancient Mongolia and fairy tale happenings to tell the story of a lord's daughter and her maid, shut up in a tower for seven years because the young lady refuses to marry the man her father has chosen. Her maid, Dashti, keeps a journal of her days: three years in the tower, and then their adventures after. This book is beautifully written. The depth of the characters is incredible, and the way Hale can tease full character development out of a few amazing lines is wondrous.