The Bear and The Nightingale

This was a beautiful book. It had gorgeous prose and wonderful worldbuilding. The author studied Russian culture and folklore in college and it is evident in this story about a Russian girl who sees the spirits and pagan gods and the conflict that causes with her stepmother, the family priest, and the townspeople. My only struggle with the book was that it was a slow burn. It takes most of the book to get on with the plot, and the gods and spirits are very slowly introduced into the story. Otherwise, this book is nearly flawless.

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