Ash by Malinda Lo
Started: 1/28/19
Finished: 1/30/19
I like fairy tale retellings, and I very much enjoyed this Cinderella retelling with actual fairies (like the fae, the cannot-be-trusted types) in the background.
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Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Started: 3/28/18
Finished: 4/2/18
LOVED LOVED LOVED this book. It’s like a Russian fairy tale (it certainly has roots in existing Russian fairy tales). It starts small and the stakes keep getting higher, and I LOVED it. (This is the author who wrote the Temeraire books, which you may recall I also LOVED, but this couldn’t be more different, and that is equally wonderful.)
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Started: 1/13/18
Finished: 1/14/18
I was a little hesitant at first – Russian fairy tales are not my favorite – but I flew through this book and loved every page. Great characters, great story, and the imagery, the descriptions made it so real. I don’t like flowery descriptions, and these definitely weren’t – there was just enough, written clearly, that I felt like I was watching a movie. I could SEE it all.
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
Started: 1/4/18
Finished: 1/10/18
SO GOOD. First in a trilogy, with a heroine who has actual flaws and actual worries and actual feelings, and MAGIC. So much magic.