She wants only to protect her friends and family, but finds herself drawn into a life-or-death struggle with the Wood itself, one which will leave her utterly changed. It’s impossible to explain the plot without spoiling it, so I’ll just let you know its about a young woman named Agnieszka who thinks she is very ordinary … until the day she is chosen by the local wizard to go and serve him in his isolated tower at the edge of the malevolent and sentient Wood.Īgnieszka is clumsy and shy, but also fiercely loyal and loving. This is just how I love my fantasy – wondrous, intelligent, compulsive, and rooted deeply into the real (in this case, Polish folklore). Uprooted is just as brilliant – I tore through it in a single sitting, unable to put the book down. As soon as I finished reading it, I ordered Uprooted, hoping for more of her vivid, spellbinding storytelling magic. Naomi Novik’s Spinning Silver has my vote for one of the best reads of the year. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood.īut Agnieszka fears the wrong things. Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river.
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