Book Review: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Quote: 'Will you tell her? asked the mare. "Everything?" The demon said. "Of bears and sorcerers, spells made of sapphire and a witch that lost her daughter? No, of course not. I shall tell her as little as possible. And hope that it is enough." One of my early twenty-fifth birthday gifts! Marina dies giving birth to a girl who grows up to have magical powers like her grandmother. Dunya the nurse of both Marina and her children, is a teller of fairytales. Vasilisa knows these stories and creatures are real. The novel is old wine in a new bottle, a community/religion against a strong spirited a girl who refuses conformity. Set in northern Rus' of 13-14th century, placed in a village protected by spirits and creatures of folklore. The novel begins with the Dunya narrating the story of the Frost Demon. And this story is at the center of the entire narrative. For a debut the novel i
I am a mad-foe, who observes, absorbs and chronicles.