The Dragon from Agnieszka’s village is not a creature but a man, a wizard who protects villagers against the always-expanding, living, corrupted Wood. Let me preface this review by getting something off my chest straight away: I loved this book with the intensity of a thousand supernovas. How did we get this book: ARCs from the publisher And when he comes, it is not Kasia he will take with him. And there is no way to save her.īut no one can predict how or why the Dragon chooses a girl. She knows – everyone knows – that the Dragon will take Kasia: beautiful, graceful, brave Kasia – all the things Agnieszka isn’t – and her dearest friend in the world. The next choosing is fast approaching, and Agnieszka is afraid. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman must be handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as being lost to the wood. Her people rely on the cold, ambitious wizard, known only as the Dragon, to keep the wood’s powers at bay. But the corrupted wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. In which we discuss the brilliant, beauteous, dark, and enchanting new fairy tale from Naomi Novik.Īgnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river.
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