The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

The Winter of the Witch is everything you want out of a Winternight novel, and a perfect conclusion to a triumph of a series besides. I will return to them again and again, drawn by a wistful longing for a life I never had, wracked by nostalgia for a time I did not experience, and eager to hold these characters' hands once again. I know already this will not be the last time I read these books. After the wonder of retreating into so real-seeming a dream, I now feel such an obscure sense of loss, a sudden absence creating space for the too bright world to rush into.

Through three books, and years upon years of magic and fear and family and growth, this story burrowed deep into my heart. The experience of reading the last book of a beloved series is always a bittersweet one. Prepare to have your heart ripped out, loaned back to you full of snow and magic, and ripped out some more.”- Laini Taylor The Winter of the Witch plunges us back to fourteenth-century Moscow, where old gods and new vie for the soul of Russia and fate rests on a witch girl’s slender shoulders. “Katherine Arden’s Winternight Trilogy isn’t just good-it’s hug-to-your-chest, straight-to-the-favorites-shelf, reread-immediately good, and each book just gets better. But she may not be able to save them all.Īdvance praise for The Winter of the Witch Her destiny uncertain, Vasya will uncover surprising truths about herself and her history as she desperately tries to save Russia, Morozko, and the magical world she treasures. Caught at the center of the conflict is Vasya, who finds the fate of two worlds resting on her shoulders. A wicked demon returns, stronger than ever and determined to spread chaos. The Grand Prince is in a rage, choosing allies that will lead him on a path to war and ruin.

Vasya finds herself alone, beset on all sides. Its people are searching for answers-and for someone to blame. Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Morozko return in this stunning conclusion to the bestselling Winternight Trilogy, battling enemies mortal and magical to save both Russias, the seen and the unseen.

The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden