The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy #1)
Katherine Arden
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
3.99
· Steam/Spice level: 1 of 5
Glimpses and kisses [?]
· 260 ratings · 338 pages · Published: 10 Jan 2017
After Vasilisa's mother dies, her father goes to Moscow and brings home a new wife. Fiercely devout, city-bred, Vasilisa's new stepmother forbids her family from honoring the household spirits. The family acquiesces, but Vasilisa is frightened, sensing that more hinges upon their rituals than anyone knows.
And indeed, crops begin to fail, evil creatures of the forest creep nearer, and misfortune stalks the village. All the while, Vasilisa's stepmother grows ever harsher in her determination to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for either marriage or confinement in a convent.
As danger circles, Vasilisa must defy even the people she loves and call on dangerous gifts she has long concealed—this, in order to protect her family from a threat that seems to have stepped from her nurse's most frightening tales.
The Bear and the Nightingale is a magical debut novel from a gifted and gorgeous voice. It spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent.
Sponsored links / Remove ads
Tagged as:
- magic 15
- historical 14
- medieval 13
- fantasy 12
- competent heroine 11
- take-charge heroine 11
- witches 10
- grumpy/cold hero 9
- young adult 7
- m-f romance 7
- mystery 6
- pagan 6
- paranormal 4
- demons 4
- hurt/comfort 4
- fae 3
- independent heroine 3
- possessive hero 2
- 100+ years old mmc 2
- high fantasy 1
- betrayal 1
- tortured heroine 1
- bodyguard/protector hero 1
- teenage fmc 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 6
- abuse 5
- animal death 4
- third party sexual assault 4
- self harm 2
- misogyny 2
- past child abuse 2
- religious trauma 2
- child death 1
- rape 1
- geography
- russia 7
- europe 6
- eastern europe 5
- Format
- audiobook
- third person pov 5
romance tags
The 'The Winternight Trilogy' series
4.19 · 556 ratings
europe · independent heroine · strong heroine · third-person-pov · russia · medieval · cold hero · pagan · audiobook · m-f · competent heroine · rape-non-mc · east-europe · death · magic · historical · demons · fantasy · witches · 100-plus-years-mmc
The Winternight Trilogy reading order and complete book list ❯
