The characters towards the end of the novel are more developed versions of the ones presented at the start, which is an element that makes a novel appeal to me. Each character comes off a certain way, at first, as Niezska is protective of those she loves, and the Dragon is a little standoffish, but they slowly begin to reveal more about themselves and grow as the story moves forward. This leads into the intricate world-building magic use as well as help the reader form an initial connection to Agniezska and Sarkan, the Dragon. The initial piece of the story gives an introduction to all of the characters and Agniezska’s new role with the Dragon. While the story initially seems simple with a girl taken by a dragon, it became a lot more intricate and captivated my interest from start to finish.
Although her best friend, Kasia, is thought to be the chosen one, it is Agnizeszska who is chosen by the Dragon (a wizard), who selects a girl to serve him every ten years.
She lives in a village on the edge of the cursed forest. The story follows a girl named Agniezska in her own Beauty and the Beast-like tale. Although there is a fairy tale aspect to the story, it is full of multiple plots and subplots that weave together to form a complex tale. After finishing this novel, I am excited to see what else the author has to offer as this story was not as expected. Since most people typically favor one or the other, I am curious to try them both. I decided to go with Uprooted as I have heard amazing reviews about the story and the romance and next I will try Spinning Silver. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose.Īs I wait for the third installment in the Scholomance series, I decided to finally read some of Naomi Novik’s other titles. 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. He protects us against the Wood, and we’re grateful, but not that grateful.”Īgnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. Of course that’s not true: he may be a wizard and immortal, but he’s still a man, and our fathers would band together and kill him if he wanted to eat one of us every ten years. They talk as though we were doing human sacrifice, and he were a real dragon.
We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through. “Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley.
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