mbeogoa 's review for:

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
4.0

Written like a fairy tale with lyrical, evocative prose. I haven't read any books about medieval Russia and Russian folklore before so it was very captivating to learn all about the creatures, myths, and day to day living of that time.

It did drag a little in the beginning and so much of who was first mentioned, never was again. I'm hoping maybe they have some relevance in the second and third books or else it would seem silly to spend so much time on those characters.

It kind of felt like it could have ended, so I'm interested to see where the next books take us.