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The Bear and the Nightingale
by Katherine Arden
This was so nice! Sort of like a Russian fairy tale, not quite modernized but felt very current. Didn't even realize it was part of a trilogy, as I chose it randomly from a librarian's list for fantasy novels with female protagonists. Very excited to pick up the other two books. :o
[Edit July 2021] I picked up this book to reread because I was looking for something familiar and romantic and comfortable. But I had forgotten that the romantic part doesn't really happen in this book. And I had also forgotten how slowly this starts out. It's got that Cinderella vibe with the huge back story and the coming of the stepmother and all that. The first time through, I didn't mind it because I was getting to know the characters and the world, but upon reread I wanted more of the meat of the over-arching plot and had forgotten how much of that happens in books 2 and 3.
[Edit July 2021] I picked up this book to reread because I was looking for something familiar and romantic and comfortable. But I had forgotten that the romantic part doesn't really happen in this book. And I had also forgotten how slowly this starts out. It's got that Cinderella vibe with the huge back story and the coming of the stepmother and all that. The first time through, I didn't mind it because I was getting to know the characters and the world, but upon reread I wanted more of the meat of the over-arching plot and had forgotten how much of that happens in books 2 and 3.