Wanda is the daughter of one of the men who owes men to Miryem’s father and she begins to work for the family along with her brother Sergey to pay off the debt. Miryem is the daughter of a moneylender who is not that firm about collecting what he is owed from those he lends to. This is a loose retelling of Rumplestilskin, whom I am a huge fan of thanks to Once Upon a Time. This story follows that of Miryem, Wanda, and Irinuska. I asked myself if I actually liked this book and why I didn’t DNF: and the main reason for that is that I did actually have interest in the ending. Maybe that’s my personal taste, but I don’t know. There was a progression, but I felt like it would’ve been better as a duology in some ways, with how it was presented.
The beginning plot seemed kind of disjointed from the end plot. I also felt that the book could’ve been separated into two separate ones. I kept looking at my progress and being like what the heck is taking so long! There was some fluff and some relationship development, but it wasn’t central to the story, so it was kind of unneeded. It was 15 parts and it could’ve probably been done in 11 or 12. She was wonderful and I really will look for her voice in other novels. I fell in love with her and felt like the character was actually telling the story to me. As I listened to this via audio, I have to commend the narrator. Her transformation was the most impressive to me and seeing her become stronger and learn ~magic~ was awesome! Her relationship with the Dragon was also enthralling, despite the huge age difference. Agneiska was a fantastic main character and I really enjoyed hearing the story told through her eyes and seeing her grow over the course of the book. I thought it was a neat story and it was interesting enough for me to keep listening, even though it dragged on (more on that later). Little does she know, her life changes forever when she begins to learn magic and has to save those she loves from the Wood. When Agnieska is chosen, it is a shock to everyone including herself, and she finds herself in the tower, in a place she never thought she would be. Kasia was the obvious choice to everyone in town, but not to the Dragon: the wizard who protects the town from the Wood in exchange for a girl. This book follows young Agnieska, whose town has grown up with the expectation that the Dragon will get one of their girls one day. I also just finished Spinning Silver and decided to do a dual review! I had heard this author hyped a lot due to Spinning Silver and wanted to read her first book before I jumped into that one. This is my first finished book of 2019! It was a really long audiobook, so I started it last year.
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